High body mass index for age among US children and adolescents, 2003-2006.

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Published in JAMA on May 28, 2008

Authors

Cynthia L Ogden1, Margaret D Carroll, Katherine M Flegal

Author Affiliations

1: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA. cogden@cdc.gov

Associated clinical trials:

Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children (HC2) Phase II | NCT02697565

Embolization of Arterial Gastric Supply in Obesity (Embargo) | NCT04207424

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