The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 150, Issue 1 , Pages 18-25, January 2007

Childhood Overweight and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study

Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, MD; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD; Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH; and Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, MA.

Received 17 May 2006; received in revised form 29 July 2006; accepted 23 September 2006.

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 Supported by a grant jointly funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (MH57897) and a grant from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (HL/DK71122), as well as NHLBI contracts HC55023-26 and cooperative agreements U01-HL-48941-44.

PII: S0022-3476(06)00926-7

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.09.039

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 150, Issue 1 , Pages 18-25, January 2007