Treating rural pediatric obesity through telemedicine: Outcomes from a small randomized controlled trial

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 932-943

  Davis, Ann McGrath ^a   Sampilo, Marilyn ^b   Gallagher, Katherine Steiger ^c   Landrum, Yasuko ^d   Malone, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; randomized controlled trial; weight management

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT MANAGEMENT;

ACCELEROMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHECKLIST; CHILD; FAMILY THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84885067349     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jst005     Document Type: Article

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