Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: cohort study

J. Reilly, John; Armstrong, Julie; R Dorosty, Ahmad; Emmett, Pauline; Ness, Andy; Rogers, Imogen; Steer, Colin; Sherriff, Andrea

doi:10.1136/bmj.38470.670903.e0

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Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: cohort study

Published in BMJ • May 20, 2005

Authors:

John J. Reilly

Julie Armstrong

Ahmad R Dorosty

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors in early life (up to 3 years of age) for obesity in children in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Avon longitudinal study of parents and children, United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS: 8234 children in cohort aged 7 years and a subsample of 90...

Subject

Medicine

Obesity

Body mass index

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