Publications by authors named "Dror Yifrach"
Purpose: The secular trend of increasing weight may lead to a decline in height gain compared with the genetic height potential. The impact of weight on height in healthy male and female adolescents compared with their genetic height was assessed.
Methods: Height and weight were measured in Israeli adolescent military recrutees aged 16-19 years between 1967 and 2013.
Objective: The sequelae of increasing childhood obesity are of major concern. We assessed the association of BMI in late adolescence with diabetes mortality in midlife.
Research Design And Methods: The BMI values of 2,294,139 Israeli adolescents (age 17.