Contributions of Incidence and Persistence to the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity during the Emerging Epidemic in Denmark

Lise Geisler Andersen; Jennifer L. Baker; Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042521

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Contributions of Incidence and Persistence to the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity during the Emerging Epidemic in Denmark

Lise Geisler Andersen ,

* E-mail: lg@ipm.regionh.dk

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jennifer L. Baker,

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Contributions of Incidence and Persistence to the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity during the Emerging Epidemic in Denmark

Lise Geisler Andersen,
Jennifer L. Baker,
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

Published: August 10, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042521

About the Authors

Lise Geisler Andersen

* E-mail: lg@ipm.regionh.dk

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jennifer L. Baker

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TIAS JLB LGA. Performed the experiments: LGA. Analyzed the data: LGA JLB TIAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TIAS JLB. Wrote the paper: LGA. Reviewed and edited of the text: JBA TIAS.

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