Intellectual profile and level of IQ among a clinical group of obese children and adolescents

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages

  Olsson, Gunilla M ^a   Hulting, A L ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Intelligence testing; Parental education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SWEDEN; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 77958558941     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/6983     Document Type: Article

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