Improving the prevention, early recognition, and treatment of pediatric obesity by primary care physicians

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 964-969

  Young, Paul C ^a,b   Debry, Sandra ^b   Jackson, W Daniel ^a   Metos, Julie ^a   Joy, Elizabeth ^a,b   Templeman, Mark ^a,c   Norlin, Chuck ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Utah Pediatric Partnership for Healthcare Quality   (United States)

^c Intermountain Hillcrest Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

prevention and treating pediatric obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; CHILD; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956818681     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810370056     Document Type: Article

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