Off the growth curve: The challenge of childhood obesity

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 32-38

  Carrel, Aaron L ^a   Allen, David B ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ANOREXIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; EATING DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID OXIDATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OVARY FUNCTION; OVERNUTRITION; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 25444529485     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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