Psychiatric Aspects of Child and Adolescent Obesity: A Review of the Past 10 Years

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-150

  ZAMETKIN, ALAN J ^a   ZOON, CHRISTINE K ^a   KLEIN, HANNAH W ^a   MUNSON, SUZANNE ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

child; ethics; obesity; psychiatry; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 1442305250     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200402000-00008     Document Type: Review

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