Early life course risk factors for childhood obesity: the IDEFICS case-control study.

BACKGROUND: The early life course is assumed to be a critical phase for childhood obesity; however the significance of single factors and their interplay is not well studied in childhood populations. OBJECTIVES: The investigation of pre-, peri- and postpartum risk factors on the risk of obesity at a...

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Main Authors: Karin Bammann, Jenny Peplies, Stefaan De Henauw, Monica Hunsberger, Denes Molnar, Luis A Moreno, Michael Tornaritis, Toomas Veidebaum, Wolfgang Ahrens, Alfonso Siani, IDEFICS Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3923715?pdf=render