Health-related quality of life in overweight German children and adolescents: Do treatment-seeking youth have lower quality of life levels? Comparison of a clinical sample with the general population using a multilevel model approach

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Finne, Emily ^a   Reinehr, Thomas ^b   Schaefer, Anke ^b   Winkel, Katrin ^b   Kolip, Petra ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body image; Children and adolescents; Health related quality of life; Obesity; Overweight; Treatment seeking status; Weight perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84878628419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-561     Document Type: Article

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