Predictors of attrition from a clinical pediatric obesity treatment program

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1168-1174

  Dolinsky, Diana H ^a   Armstrong, Sarah C ^a   Østbye, Truls ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

children; overweight; patient dropouts; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870545748     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812458355     Document Type: Article

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