Childhood Obesity: Concept, Feasibility, and Interim Results of a Local Group-based, Long-term Treatment Program

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 369-373

  Weigel, Corina ^a   Kokocinski, Kathrin ^b   Lederer, Peter ^c   Dötsch, Jorg ^a   Rascher, Wolfgang ^a   Knerr, Ina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Dreycedern Health Association   (Germany)

^c Public Health Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

children; diet; obesity; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 54849416782     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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