Feasibility of a dance videogame to promote weight loss among overweight children and adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-107

  Madsen, Kristine A ^a   Yen, Sophia ^b   Wlasiuk, Lidya ^b   Newman, Thomas B ^b   Lustig, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANCING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33845983266     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.1.105-c     Document Type: Note

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