Open Journal of Preventive Medicine
Vol.3 No.8(2013), Paper ID 39030, 8
pages
DOI:10.4236/ojpm.2013.38064
Retrospective self-reported weight changes during childhood and adolescence are not good predictors of metabolic syndrome risk factors in Mexican young adults
Flávia C. D. Andrade, Michelle Jiménez, Marcela Raffaelli, Margarita Teran-García, Celia Aradillas-García
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
Faculty of Medicine, University Autonomous of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Copyright © 2013 Flávia C. D. Andrade, Michelle Jiménez, Marcela Raffaelli, Margarita Teran-García, Celia Aradillas-García et al. This is
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How to Cite this Article
Andrade, F. , Jiménez, M. , Raffaelli, M. , Teran-García, M. and Aradillas-García, C. (2013) Retrospective self-reported weight changes during childhood and adolescence are not good predictors of metabolic syndrome risk factors in Mexican young adults.
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine,
3, 479-486. doi:
10.4236/ojpm.2013.38064.