Open AccessChild and parent characteristics as predictors of change in girls' body mass index
Author(s) -
KK Davison,
L.L. Birch
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801835
Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , medicine , demography , obesity , physical activity , childhood obesity , pediatrics , physical therapy , endocrinology , sociology
This study assessed predictors of change in girls' body mass index (BMI) between ages 5 and 7 y and familial aggregation of risk factors associated with childhood overweight.