Impact of treatment for childhood obesity on parental risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 519-526

  Golan, Moria ^a,d   Weizman, Abraham ^a,b   Fainaru, Menahem ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Moshav Ganey Hadar   (Israel)

Author keywords

Parental cardiovascular risk factors; Treatment of childhood obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033380581     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0584     Document Type: Article

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