Predicting higher child BMI z-score and obesity incidence in Malaysia: a longitudinal analysis of a dynamic cohort study

• Main Authors: Ruth Salway (Author), Miranda Armstrong (Author), Jeevitha Mariapun (Author), Daniel D Reidpath (Author), Sophia Brady (Author), Mohamed Shajahan Yasin (Author), Tin Tin Su (Author), Laura Johnson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background To target public health obesity prevention, we need to predict who might become obese i.e. predictors of increasing Body Mass Index (BMI) or obesity incidence. Predictors of incidence may be distinct from more well-studied predictors of prevalence, therefore we explored parent, c...