Accelerating progress in reducing childhood obesity disparities: Exploring best practices of positive outliers

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 193-199

  Sharifi, Mona ^b   Marshall, Gareth ^a   Marshall, Richard ^c   Bottino, Clement ^b   Goldman, Roberta ^d   Sequist, Thomas ^c,e   Taveras, Elsie M ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disparities; Obesity; Positive outliers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878433744     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0099     Document Type: Article

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