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Six Year Follow-up of Childhood Obesity
Eun Young Kim, Young Il Rho, Eun Seok Yang, Sang Kee Park, Yeung Bong Park, Kyung Rye Moon, Chul Gab Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(11):1295-1300.   Published online November 15, 2001
Purpose : To examine the prevalence of obesity in elementary school-aged children in Gwangju, and long term courses of those obese children. Methods : We examined children aged 7 to 12 in the total number of 3,028 elementary school students consisting of 1,579 boys and 1,449 girls between 1994 and 1999. Obesity was defined as weight that exceeded the standard weight...