Prevalence of overweight and obesity in British children: cohort study

被引：122

作者：

Reilly, JJ ^{[1
]}

Dorosty, AR

Emmett, PM

机构：

[1] Univ Glasgow, Dept Human Nutr, Yorkhill Hosp, Glasgow G3 8SJ, Lanark, Scotland

[2] Univ Bristol, Inst Child Hlth, Unit Paediat & Perinatal Epidemiol, ALSPAC Study Team, Bristol BS8 1TH, Avon, England

来源：

BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 1999年 / 319卷 / 7216期

基金：

英国惠康基金;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1136/bmj.319.7216.1039

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Estimates of the prevalence of obesity among children are necessary so that the need for preventive measures can be assessed, secular trends monitored, and high risk population groups identified.(1) The aim of this study was therefore to provide current estimates of the prevalence of obesity among British children.

引用

页码：1039 / 1039

页数：1

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