Predicting higher child BMI z-score and obesity incidence in Malaysia: a longitudinal analysis of a dynamic cohort study

Abstract Background To target public health obesity prevention, we need to predict who might become obese i.e. predictors of increasing Body Mass Index (BMI) or obesity incidence. Predictors of incidence may be distinct from more well-studied predictors of prevalence, therefore we explored parent, c...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health
Main Authors:	Ruth Salway, Miranda Armstrong, Jeevitha Mariapun, Daniel D Reidpath, Sophia Brady, Mohamed Shajahan Yasin, Tin Tin Su, Laura Johnson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-05-01
Subjects:	Children Adolescents BMI Intergenerational obesity Cardiometabolic risk factors Malaysia
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18917-9