Association between birth weight and risk of abdominal obesity in children and adolescents: a school-based epidemiology survey in China

• Main Authors: Zhaogen Yang (Author), Bin Dong (Author), Yi Song (Author), Xijie Wang (Author), Yanhui Dong (Author), Di Gao (Author), Yanhui Li (Author), Zhiyong Zou (Author), Jun Ma (Author), Luke Arnold (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Abdominal obesity is becoming an increasingly serious public health challenge in children and adolescents, there remains controversial opinions on birth weight and risk of childhood abdominal obesity. This study aims to assess the association between birth weight and the risk of...