Incidence of childhood overweight and obesity and its association with weight-related attitudes and behaviors in China: a national longitudinal study

• Main Authors: Li Cai (Author), Meixia Dai (Author), Lizi Lin (Author), Wenhan Yang (Author), Yajun Chen (Author), Jun Ma (Author), Jin Jing (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Childhood obesity is a major public health challenge. We aimed to investigate the incidence of overweight/obesity among Chinese children; and prospectively examine the associations of weight-change intention with risk of overweight/obesity and behavioral changes in initially norm...