Open AccessPrenatal, Perinatal, Early Life, and Sociodemographic Factors Underlying Racial Differences in the Likelihood of High Body Mass Index in Early Childhood
Author(s) -
Margaret M. Weden,
Peter Brownell,
Michael S. Rendall
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.300686
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , demography , confidence interval , odds ratio , logistic regression , obesity , percentile , statistics , mathematics , sociology
We investigated early childhood disparities in high body mass index (BMI) between Black and White US children.