Predicting adult obesity from childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 95-107

  Simmonds, M ^a   Llewellyn, A ^a   Owen, C G ^b   Woolacott, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Meta analysis; Prediction; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84955644962     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12334     Document Type: Article

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