Overweight, obesity, and health-related quality of life among adolescents: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 340-347

  Swallen, Karen C ^a   Reither, Eric N ^a   Haas, Steven A ^a   Meier, Ann M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent obesity; Health related quality of life; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNDERWEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 17844406416     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0678     Document Type: Article

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