Prevalence of obesity and overweight among Chinese children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A survey in Zhejiang Province, China

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Rongwang ^a   Mao, Shujiong ^b   Zhang, Suhan ^a   Li, Rong ^a   Zhao, Zhengyan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Comorbidity; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84877260011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-133     Document Type: Article

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