Are adolescent weight-related problems and general well-being essentially an issue of age, gender or rather a pubertal timing issue?

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 251-256

  Fonseca, Helena ^a   Matos, Margarida G ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

adolescence; age; gender differences; pubertal timing; weight related problems; well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIET; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PORTUGAL; PUBERTY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79959423682     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 0334018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.027     Document Type: Article

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