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Summer effects on body mass index (BMI) gain and growth patterns of American Indian children from kindergarten to first grade: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are highly prevalent among American Indian children, especially those living on reservations. There is little scientific evidence about the effects of summer vacation on obesity development in children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of su...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jianduan, Himes, John H, Hannan, Peter J, Arcan, Chrisa, Smyth, Mary, Rock, Bonnie Holy, Story, Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22192795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-951