Overweight children and adolescents

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2100-2109

  Dietz, William H ^a   Robinson, Thomas N ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CARBONATE;

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MILK; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EATING DISORDER; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; REFERENCE VALUE; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNDROME;

EID: 18744380999     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp043052     Document Type: Review

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