Broadening parental involvement in family-based interventions for pediatric overweight: Implications from family systems and child health

Family and Community Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-268

  Dalton III, William T ^a   Kitzmann, Katherine M ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Family systems; Intervention; Pediatric overweight; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949146431     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000336089.37280.f8     Document Type: Review

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