Bidirectionality and gender differences in emotional disturbance associations with obesity among Taiwanese schoolchildren

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3504-3516

  Chiang, Po Huang ^a,b   Huang, Lin Yuan ^a   Lo, Yuan Ting ^c   Lee, Meei Shyuan ^c,d   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body composition; Inappropriate behavior; Learning; Mental health; Overfatness; Relationship problems; School grades

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED SCALE FOR ASSESSING EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TAIWANESE;

BODY COMPOSITION; INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH; OVERFATNESS; RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS; SCHOOL GRADES;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84883006070     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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