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Acceleration of BMI in early childhood and risk of sustained obesity

Mandy Geserick, Mandy Vogel, Ruth Gausche, Tobias Lipek, Ulrike Spielau, E Keller, Roland Pfäffle, Antje Körner

Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology · 2019 · 29 citations · 0 references

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MedicineChild HealthPediatricsAdolescent DevelopmentAdolescent HealthChild DevelopmentChild GrowthChildhood ObesityPediatric GrowthPediatric ObesityInfant AdiposityLow Body Mass IndexOverweight In ChildhoodWeight Trajectories

Abstract

This analysis of longitudinal BMI data from early childhood to adolescents in 51,505 German subjects (CrescNet patient registry) allows a new insight into BMI development, specific dynamics and BMI trajectories from childhood to early adulthood.