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Simulation of Growth Trajectories of Childhood Obesity into Adulthood

The New England journal of medicine, 2017-11, Vol.377 (22), p.2145-2153 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Simulation of Growth Trajectories of Childhood Obesity into Adulthood
Author: Ward, Zachary J ; Long, Michael W ; Resch, Stephen C ; Giles, Catherine M ; Cradock, Angie L ; Gortmaker, Steven L
Subjects: Adolescent ; Adult ; Adults ; Age ; Body Height ; Body Mass Index ; Body Weight ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Children ; Children & youth ; Complications and side effects ; Control ; Disease control ; Female ; Growth ; Health risk assessment ; Humans ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Models, Theoretical ; Nutrition ; Obesity ; Obesity - epidemiology ; Obesity in children ; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Public health ; Reference Values ; Risk ; Teenagers ; United States - epidemiology ; Young Adult
Is Part Of: The New England journal of medicine, 2017-11, Vol.377 (22), p.2145-2153
Description: The investigators pooled height and weight data from five nationally representative longitudinal studies to simulate trajectories from childhood across the life course. Early development of obesity predicted future obesity, especially in children with severe obesity.
Publisher: United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0028-4793
EISSN: 1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1703860
PMID: 29171811
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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