Camp jump start: Effects of a residential summer weight-Loss camp for older children and adolescents

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Huelsing, Jean ^a   Kanafani, Nadim ^b   Mao, Jingnan ^b   White, Neil H ^b  

^a Living Well Foundation   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Childhood obesity; Physical fitness; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; DIETITIAN; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMPING; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77950586372     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1007     Document Type: Article

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