Trends in childhood body mass index between 1936 and 2011 showed that underweight remained more common than obesity among 398 970 Danish school children

To examine trends in all body mass index (BMI) groups in children from 1936 to 2011.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Acta paediatrica

• Publication date

  2023-09-29

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/apa.16980PMID 37776041
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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