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Brunner E, Shipley MJ, Blane D, Smith GD, Marmot MG. When does cardiovascular risk start? Past and present socioeconomic circumstances and risk factors in adulthood. J Epidemiol Community Health 1999;53:757-64.

Dwyer JT, Stone EJ, Yang M, Feldman H, Webber LS, Must A, Perry CL, Nader PR, Parcel. Predictors of overweight and overfatness in a multiethnic pediatric population. Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health Collaborative Research Group. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;67:602-10.

Golan M, Weizman A, Fainaru M. Impact of treatment for childhood obesity on parental risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Prev Med 1999;29:519-26.

Guo SS, Roche, AF, Chumlea WC, Gardner JD, Siervogel RM. The predictive value of childhood body mass index values for overweight at age 35 y. Am J Clin Nutr. 1994;59:547-555.

Jessor R, Turbin M, Costa F. Protective factors in adolescent health behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1998; 75: 788-800.

Kann L, Kinchen SA, Williams BI, Ross JG, Lowry R, Grunbaum JA Kolbe LJ. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 1999. MMWR Surveillance Summaries 2000;49:1-96.

McMurray RG, Harrell JS, Deng S, Bradley CB, Cox LM, Bangdiwala SI. The influence of physical activity, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity on the weight status of adolescents. Obes Res 2000;8:130-9.

Muecke L, Simons-Morton B, Huang IW, Parcel G. Is childhood obesity associated with high-fat foods and low physical activity? J Sch Health 1992;62:19-23.

O’Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Andersen MJ, Bor W, Najman JM. Prediction of obesity in children at 5 years: a cohort study. J Paediatr Child Health. 1997;33:311-316.

Parsons TJ, Power C, Logan S, Summerbell CD. Childhood predictors of adult obesity: a systematic review. Int J Obes 1999;23,S1-S107.

Power C, Parsons T. Nutritional and other influences in childhood as predictors of adult obesity. Proc Nutr Soc 2000;59:267-72.

Robertson SM, Cullen KW, Baranowski J, Baranowski T, Hu S, de Moor C. Factors related to adiposity among children aged 3 to 7 years. J Am Diet Assoc 1999;99:938-43.

Shepard TY, Weil KM, Sharp TA, Grunwald GK, Bell ML, Hill JO, Eckel RH. Occasional physical inactivity combined with a high-fat diet may be important in the development and maintenance of obesity in human subjects. Am J Clin Nutr 2001;73:703-8.

Stettler N, Tershakovec AM, Zemel BS, Leonard MB, Boston RC, Katz SH, Stallings VA. Early risk factors for increased adiposity: a cohort study of African American subjects followed from birth to young adulthood. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;72:378-83.

Suminski RR, Poston WS, Jackson AS, Foreyt JP. Early identification of Mexican American children who are at risk for becoming obese. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1999;23:823-9.

Takahashi E, Yoshido K, Sugimori H, Miyakawa M, Izuno T, Yamagami T, Kagamimori S. Influence factors on the development of obesity in 3-year-old children based on the Toyama Study. Prev Med 1999; 28:293-296.

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Brunner E, Shipley MJ, Blane D, Smith GD, Marmot MG. When does cardiovascular risk start? Past and present socioeconomic circumstances and risk factors in adulthood. J Epidemiol Community Health 1999;53:757-64.

Crawford PB, Obarzanek E, Schreiber GB, Barrier P, Goldman S, Frederick MM, Sabry ZI. The effect of race, household income, and parental education on nutrient intakes of 9- and 10-year-old girls. NHLBI Growth and Health Study. Ann Epidemiol 1995;5:360-8.

Garn SM, Bailey SM, Cole PE, Higgins IT. Level of education, level of income, and level of fatness in adults. Am J Clin Nutr 1977;30:721-25.

Garn SM, Hopkins PJ, Ryan AS. Differential fatness gain of low income boys and girls. Am J Clin Nutr 1981;34:1465-8.

Gerald LB, Anderson A, Johnson GD, Hoff C, Trimm RF. Social class, social support and obesity risk in children. Child: Care Health Dev 1994;20:145-63.

Goodman E. The role of socioeconomic status gradients in explaining differences in US adolescents’ health. Am J Public Health 1999;89:1522-8.

Hardy R, Wadsworth M, Kuh D. The influence of childhood weight and socioeconomic status on change in adult body mass index in a British national birth cohort. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000;24:725-34.

Jain A, Sherman S, Chamberlin L, Carter Y, Powers S, Whitaker R. Why don’t low-income mothers worry about their pre-schoolers being overweight? Pediatrics 2001; 107:1138-1146.

Jeffery RW, Foster JL, Folsom AR, Luepeker RV, Jacobs DR, Jr., Blackburn H. The relationship between social status and body mass index in the Minnesota Heart Health Program. Int J Obes 1989;13:59-67.

Jones DY, Nesheim MC, Habicht J-P. Influences in child growth associated with poverty in the 1970’s: an examination of HANES I and HANES II, cross-sectional U.S. national surveys. Am J Clin Nutr 1985;42:714-24.

Johnson-Down L, O'Loughlin J, Koski KG, Gray-Donald K. High prevalence of obesity in low income and multiethnic schoolchildren: a diet and physical activity assessment. J Nutr 1997;127:2310-5.

Lauderdale DS, Rathouz PJ. Body mass index in a U.S national sample of Asian Americans: effects of nativity, years since immigration and socioeconomic status. Int J Obes 2000;24:1188-94.

Lowry R, Kann L, Collins JL, Kolbe LJ. The effect of socioeconomic status on chronic disease risk behaviors among US adolescents. JAMA 1996;276:297-7.

McMurray RG, Harrell JS, Deng S, Bradley CB, Cox LM, Bangdiwala SI. The influence of physical activity, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity on the weight status of adolescents. Obes Res 2000;8:130-9.

Murphy SP, Rose D, Hudes M, Viteri FE. Demographic and economic factors associated with dietary quality for adults in the 1987-88 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey. J Am Diet Assoc 1992;92:1352-7.

Patterson ML, Stern S, Crawford PB, MacMahon RP, Similo SL, Schreiber GB, Morrison JA, Waclawiw MA. Sociodemographic factors and obesity in preadolescent black and white girls: NHLBI’s Growth and Health Study. J Nat Med Assoc 1997;89:594-600.

Rimm IJ, Rimm AA. Association between socioeconomic status and obesity in 59,556 women. Prev Med 1974;3:543-72.

Sobal J, Stunkard AJ. Socioeconomic status and obesity: a review of the literature. Psychol Bull 1989;105:260-75.

Treiber F, Harshfield G, Davis H, Kapuku G, Moore D. Stress responsivity and body fatness: links between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk factors in youth. Annals N Y Acad Sci 1999;896:435-8.

Wiecha JL, Casey VA. High prevalence of overweight and short stature among Head Start children in Massachusetts. Public Health Rep 1994;109:767-73.

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Banis H, Varni J, Wallander J, Korsch B, Jay S, Adler R, Garcia-Temple E, Negrete V. Psychological and social adjustment of obese children and their families. Child Care Health Dev 1988; 14: 157-173.

Feunekes GI, de Graaf C, Meyboom S, and van Staveren W. Food Choice and Fat Intake of Adolescents and Adults: Associations of Intakes within Social Networks. Prev Med 1998;27:645-56.

Gerald LB, Anderson A, Johnson GD, Hoff C, Trimm RF. Social class, social support and obesity risk in children. Child Care Health Dev 1994;20:145-63.

Goldblatt PB, Moore ME, Stunkard AJ. Social factors in obesity. JAMA 1965;192:1039-44.

Jeffery RW, Foster JL, Folsom AR, Luepeker RV, Jacobs DR, Jr., Blackburn H. The relationship between social status and body mass index in the Minnesota Heart Health Program. Int J Obes 1989;13:59-67.

Sherman JB, Liao Y, Alexander M, Kim M, Kim BD. Family factors related to obesity in Mexican-American and Anglo preschool children. Family Comm Health 1995;18:28-36.

Silverstone JT, Gordon RP, Stunkard AJ. Social factors in obesity in London. Practitioner 1969;202:682-8.