Does routine surveillance of children's height and weight provide a sufficiently reliable means for monitoring the obesity epidemic?

Public Health. 2008 Oct;122(10):1117-9. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.11.001. Epub 2008 Mar 3.

Authors

R S Levine¹, A-M Connor, R G Feltbower, M Robinson, M C J Rudolf

Affiliation

¹ Academic Unit of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Leeds, Belmont House, 3/5 Belmont Grove, Leeds LS2 9DE, UK. ronnielevine@onetel.com

PMID: 18313094
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.11.001

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Body Height / physiology*
Body Weight / physiology*
Child
Child Development / physiology*
Child, Preschool
Humans
Obesity / diagnosis*
Obesity / epidemiology
Pediatrics
Population Surveillance / methods*
United Kingdom / epidemiology