Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in US children, 1999-2016

Pediatrics

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Skinner, Asheley Cockrell ^a,b   Ravanbakht, Sophie N ^a,c   Skelton, Joseph A ^d,e,f   Perrin, Eliana M ^a,c   Armstrong, Sarah C ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Departments of Pediatrics   (United States)

^d Epidemiology and Prevention   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Brenner Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; MORBID OBESITY; NUTRITION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY, MORBID; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042741155     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-3459     Document Type: Review

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