Obesity in infancy and childhood: Diagnosis, incidence and strategy for change

Nutrition in Infancy

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 347-355

  Ayling, Ruth M ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body weight; Childhood obesity; Infant obesity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893197131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-254-4_27     Document Type: Chapter

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