Measuring growth and obesity across childhood and adolescence

The dramatic rise in childhood obesity has driven the demand for tools better able to assess and define obesity and risk for related co-morbidities. In addition, the early life origins of non-communicable diseases including type 2 diabetes are associated with subtle alterations in growth and body co...

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Main Author: McCarthy, H. David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2014
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/3771/2/Measuring_growth_and_obesity_across_childhood_and_adolescence.pdf