Medical interventions in adolescent obesity

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 406-420

  Khan, Unab I ^a   Collier, Monique ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; OBESITY;

EID: 62249156282     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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