Sports camp with six months of support from a local sports club as a treatment for childhood obesity

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 793-800

  Nowicka, Paulina ^a   Flodmark, Carl Erik ^a   Lanke, Jan ^b   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^c   Apitzsch, Erwin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI z score; body composition; body mass index; children; exercise; obesity; overweight; physical activity; sport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAMPING; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; SPORTS;

EID: 71049118071     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809344444     Document Type: Article

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