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SUBMITTER: Hsiao YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907168 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hsiao Yu-Chao YC Wang Jen-Hung JH Chu Chia-Hsiang CH Chang Yu-Hsun YH Chen Jui-Shia JS Jan Rong-Hwa RH Yang Shang-Hsien SH Chen Ming-Chun MC Chou Wei-Chih WC Chu Shao-Yin SY Lai Pei-Chun PC Cheng Ching-Feng CF Chiu Pin-Yun PY Liu Yu-Hsuan YH Chang Yung-Chieh YC
Frontiers in pediatrics 20210212
<b>Objective:</b> This study aimed to investigate the contribution of high body mass index (BMI) to growth velocity among school-aged children who remained in the same BMI categories for a 6-year period. <b>Methods:</b> This retrospective cohort study included children who enrolled in the school year 2009 and remained in the same BMI categories during their 1st, 4th, and 7th grades (6-7, 9-10, 12-13 years of age). Annual linear growth velocity and weight gain were calculated and compared between ...[more]