Is obesity associated with reduced health-related quality of life in Latino, black and white children in the community?

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 920-925

  Wallander, J L ^a   Kerbawy, S ^b   Toomey, S ^c   Lowry, R ^d   Elliott, M N ^e   Escobar Chaves, S L ^f   Franzini, L ^f   Schuster, M A ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health related quality of life; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY SCALE; PEER PRESSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880273262     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.31     Document Type: Article

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