Treatment of childhood obesity: Long-term outcome and predictive factors of success in a group of 130 subjects;Trattamento dell'obesità infantile: Risultati a lungo termine e fattori predittivi di successo in una casistica di 130 pazienti

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-41

  Gasparrini, E ^a   Rondina, C ^a   Pianelli, G ^a   Fabiani, E ^a   D'Angelo, G ^a   Catassi, C ^a   Coppa, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Obesity, diagnosis; Obesity, diet therapy; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038666558     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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