The stability of weight status through the early to middle childhood years in Australia: a longitudinal study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Wheaton, Nikita ^a   Millar, Lynne ^a   Allender, Steven ^a   Nichols, Melanie ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979647824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2014-006963     Document Type: Article

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