Editorial: Obesity in neurology practice: A call to action

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 654-655

  Trevathan, Edwin ^a,c   Dietz, William H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; NEUROLOGY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPILEPSY; METABOLISM; NOTE; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; OBESITY; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 70349305739     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b64c11     Document Type: Editorial

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