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- Title
Risk factors for childhood overweight: shift of the mean body mass index and shift of the upper percentiles: results from a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Beyerlein, A; Toschke, A M; von Kries, R
- Abstract
The worldwide increasing prevalence of childhood overweight seems to be due to an increasing proportion of extremely high body mass index (BMI) values rather than to a shift of the entire BMI distribution. These findings might be attributed to incremental exposure to risk factors particularly affecting overweight children.
- Publication
International journal of obesity (2005), 2010, Vol 34, Issue 4, p642
- ISSN
1476-5497
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/ijo.2009.301