Self-control as a protective factor against overweight status in the transition from childhood to adolescence

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 631-635

  Tsukayama, Eli ^a   Toomey, Sara L ^b   Faith, Myles S ^a   Duckworth, Angela Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; RATING SCALE; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY;

EID: 77954353578     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.97     Document Type: Article

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