Childhood obesity: The measurable and the meaningful

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-195

  Charney, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; EATING DISORDER; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; LIPID STORAGE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031916510     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(98)70427-5     Document Type: Editorial

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