Different age-specific incidence and remission rates in pre-school and primary school suggest need for targeted obesity prevention in childhood | Zendy

Rüdiger von Kries | Zendy; Andreas Beyerlein | Zendy; Manfred J. Müller | Zendy; Joachim Heinrich | Zendy; Beate Landsberg | Zendy; Gabriele Bolte | Zendy; Andrea Chmitorz | Zendy; Sandra PlachtaDanielzik | Zendy

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Different age-specific incidence and remission rates in pre-school and primary school suggest need for targeted obesity prevention in childhood

Author(s) -

Rüdiger von Kries,

Andreas Beyerlein,

Manfred J. Müller,

Joachim Heinrich,

Beate Landsberg,

Gabriele Bolte,

Andrea Chmitorz,

Sandra PlachtaDanielzik

Publication year - 2011

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/ijo.2011.251

Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , confidence interval , demography , body mass index , physics , sociology , optics

School entry marks a tremendous change in the children's life style, which might well be relevant for the emergence of overweight. Previous studies suggested a dramatic increase in the prevalence of overweight during this age.

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