Obesity at the Extremes: The Eyes Only See What the Mind is Prepared to Comprehend

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-4

  Inge, Thomas ^a   Xanthakos, Stavra ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; COMORBIDITY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; TODDLER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; INFANT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953293271     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.02.068     Document Type: Editorial

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