Parents as the exclusive agents of change in the treatment of childhood obesity

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1130-1135

  Golan, Moria ^a   Weizman, Abraham ^b   Apter, Alan ^b   Fainaru, Menahem ^b  

^a Moshav Ganey Hadar   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Family based treatment; Israel; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031808862     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.6.1130     Document Type: Article

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