Child and adolescent obesity

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-43

  Gahagan, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEPRAMONE; CAFFEINE; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; COLESTIPOL; COLESTYRAMINE; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; EPHEDRINE; FENFLURAMINE; GALANIN; GARCINIA COMBOGIA EXTRACT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPERICUM EXTRACT; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MAZINDOL; METFORMIN; PHENTERMINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; COUNSELING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROPLASTY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MALABSORPTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345874479     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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