Assessment and management of obesity in childhood and adolescence

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 635-645

  Baur, Louise A ^a   Hazelton, Briony ^a   Shrewsbury, Vanessa A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TOPIRAMATE; ZONISAMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL FECES COMPOSITION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECREASED APPETITE; DEFECATION HABIT; DIET THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SIDE EFFECT; VERY LOW ENERGY DIET; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80455122787     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2011.165     Document Type: Review

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