Family Systems Theory and Obesity Treatment: Applications for Clinicians

Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-29

  Kaplan, Sebastian G ^a   Arnold, Elizabeth Mayfield ^a   Irby, Megan B ^a,b   Boles, Katherine A ^b   Skelton, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

family; obesity; pediatric; theory; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891952078     PISSN: 19414064     EISSN: 19414072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941406413516001     Document Type: Article

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