Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort.

Body mass index development from birth to early adolescence; effect of perinatal characteristics and maternal migration background in a Swedish cohort.

BACKGROUND: Well documented diversity in risk of developing overweight and obesity between children of immigrant and of native mothers, might be explained by different body mass index (BMI) development trajectories in relation to maternal and perinatal characteristics of offspring. OBJECTIVES: To as...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Besharat Pour, Anna Bergström, Matteo Bottai, Jessica Magnusson, Inger Kull, Magnus Wickman, Tahereh Moradi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4193784?pdf=render

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