Secular changes in the stature, weight, and age at maximum growth increments of urban Chinese girls from the 1950s to 1985

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Secular changes in stature, weight, fatness, overweight, and obesity in urban African American adolescents from the mid-1950's to the mid-1990's

✍ Penny Gordon-Larsen; Babette S. Zemel; Francis E. Johnston 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 140 KB 👁 2 views

The prevalence of obesity among American children and adults has increased over the past few decades. This paper reports secular changes in stature, weight, and fatness in three groups of urban African American adolescents between 11 and 15 years of age of comparable socioeconomic status, ethnic bac