Childhood obesity: A pandemic of the twenty-first century

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue , 2006, Pages S1-S3

  Malecka Tendera, E ^a   Mazur, A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Epidemiology; Paediatric obesity; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

AROUSAL; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENE POOL; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBID OBESITY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SITTING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744498604     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803367     Document Type: Article

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