Acceleration of BMI in early childhood and risk of sustained obesity

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 379, Issue 14, 2018, Pages 1303-1312

  Geserick, Mandy ^a,b   Vogel, Mandy ^b   Gausche, Ruth ^b   Lipek, Tobias ^a   Spielau, Ulrike ^a   Keller, Eberhard ^b   Pfäffle, Roland ^a,b   Kiess, Wieland ^a,b   Körner, Antje ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85054421858     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1803527     Document Type: Article

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