Predicting Obesity in Young Adulthood from Childhood and Parental Obesity

The prevalence of obesity has increased in both children and adults. 1 , 2 The medical illnesses associated with obesity 3 usually occur in adulthood, but adults rarely achieve sustained weight loss. 4 Therefore, prevention of obesity in childhood and effective treatment of overweight children are e...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine Jg. 337; H. 13; S. 869 - 873
Hauptverfasser:	Whitaker, Robert C, Wright, Jeffrey A, Pepe, Margaret S, Seidel, Kristy D, Dietz, William H
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 25.09.1997
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Age Factors Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Female Health maintenance organizations HMOs Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Obesity Obesity - etiology Obesity - genetics Odds Ratio Parents Parents & parenting Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Weight control Human Obesity Parent Nutrition disorder Young adult Predictive factor Child Nutritional status
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406
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