Care for overweight children attending the 5-year preventive child health examination in general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-55

  Andersen, Merethe Kousgaard ^a   Christensen, Bo ^a   Søndergaard, Jens ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child overweight; General practice; Preventive child health examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE CHILD HEALTH EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIET; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84873860627     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms047     Document Type: Article

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