Incidence of childhood obesity in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 403-411

  Cunningham, Solveig A ^a   Kramer, Michael R ^b   Venkat Narayan, K M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893046800     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1309753     Document Type: Article

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