Preschool weight and body mass index in relation to central obesity and metabolic syndrome in adulthood.

<h4>Background</h4>If preschool measures of body size routinely collected at preventive health examinations are associated with adult central obesity and metabolic syndrome, a focused use of these data for the identification of high risk children is possible. The aim of this study was to...

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Auteurs principaux: Lise Graversen, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Liselotte Petersen, Ulla Sovio, Marika Kaakinen, Annelli Sandbaek, Jaana Laitinen, Anja Taanila, Anneli Pouta, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Carsten Obel
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Collection:PLoS ONE
Accès en ligne:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0089986&type=printable