The role of social support for promoting quality of life among persistently obese adolescents: Importance of support in schools

Journal of School Health

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-105

  Wu, Yelena P ^a   Reiter Purtill, Jennifer ^b   Zeller, Meg H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Obesity; Quality of life; School based intervention; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84892447839     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12129     Document Type: Article

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