Treatment of morbid obesity in low-income adolescents: Effects of parental self-monitoring

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1527-1529

  Kirschenbaum, Daniel S ^a,b,d   Germann, Julie N ^a   Rich, Barry H ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Aspen Education Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Center for Behavioral Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior therapy; Overweight; Self observation; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; MORBID OBESITY; POVERTY;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY, MORBID; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY;

EID: 33644690861     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.187     Document Type: Article

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