General practice management of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Australia

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1163-1169

  Cretikos, Michelle A ^a,b   Valenti, Lisa ^b   Britt, Helena C ^b   Baur, Louise A ^b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; General practice; Management family practice; Obesity; Overweight; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONSULTATION; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT CONTROL; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55649104834     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318179259a     Document Type: Article

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