Obesity and children with special healthcare needs: Special considerations for a special population

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 508-515

  Abeysekara, Purni ^a   Turchi, Renee ^a,b   O'Neil, Margaret ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

children and youth with special healthcare needs; children with special healthcare needs; obesity; overweight

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISABILITY; EATING HABIT; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; CHILD; DIET; EXERCISE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DIET; DISABLED CHILDREN; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84904460008     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000124     Document Type: Review

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