Assessing screening policies for childhood obesity

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1437-1443

  Wein, Lawrence M ^a   Yang, Yan ^b   Goldhaber Fiebert, Jeremy D ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862898308     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.373     Document Type: Article

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