Editorial Comment: BMI report cards: Do they make the grade?

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-430

  Forman, Sara F ^a,b   Woods, Elizabeth R ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949167592     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32832c75ef     Document Type: Editorial

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