Overweight and obesity in European children: definition and diagnostic procedures, risk factors and consequences for later health outcome
European Journal of PediatricsPublished 1 August 2000Open access
Martin Wabitsch
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Data from the literature are in some respect sparce since they do not allow to calculate the exact prevalence of adverse effects nor to assess the outcome of an obese child when it is successfully reducing the relative amount of body fat.
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Data from the literature are in some respect sparce since they do not allow to calculate the exact prevalence of adverse effects nor to assess the outcome of an obese child when it is successfully reducing the relative amount of body fat.
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