A Novel Method to Describe Early Offspring Body Mass Index (BMI) Trajectories and to Study Its Deter...
A Novel Method to Describe Early Offspring Body Mass Index (BMI) Trajectories and to Study Its Determinants
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Accurately characterizing children's body mass index (BMI) trajectories and studying their determinants is a statistical challenge. There is a need to identify early public health measures for obesity prevention. We describe a method that allows studies of the determinants of height, weight and BMI growth up to five years of age. We illustrated thi...
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A Novel Method to Describe Early Offspring Body Mass Index (BMI) Trajectories and to Study Its Determinants
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1798776822
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1798776822
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0157766
