Risks and consequences of childhood and adolescent obesity

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue , 1999, Pages S2-S11

  Must, Aviva ^a   Strauss, R S ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent obesity; Childhood obesity; Morbidity; Persistence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROWTH; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; ORTHOPEDICS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032960206     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800852     Document Type: Article

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