Childhood overweight and cardiovascular disease risk factors: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study.

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Published in J Pediatr on January 01, 2007

Authors

Douglas R Thompson1, Eva Obarzanek, Debra L Franko, Bruce A Barton, John Morrison, Frank M Biro, Stephen R Daniels, Ruth H Striegel-Moore

Author Affiliations

1: Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA. dthompson@mmri.org

Associated clinical trials:

Individualized Dietetic Intervention-eating Habits in Obese Hispanic Children of Low Socioeconomic Status | NCT01925976

Dexmedetomidine to Treat Bariatric Surgery-associated Pain | NCT02880540

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