The ethics of childhood obesity treatment-from the childhood obesity task force (COTF) of European association for the study of obesity (EASO)

Obesity Facts

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 274-281

  Holm, Jens Christian ^a   Nowicka, Paulina ^b   Farpour Lambert, Nathalie J ^c   O'Malley, Grace ^d,e   Hassapidou, Maria ^f   Weiss, Ram ^g   Baker, Jennifer L ^h,i  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^f ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h Capital Region ^*  (Denmark)

ⁱ Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child; Ethical issues; Observational study; Pediatric obesity; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH ETHICS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84906004209     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365773     Document Type: Article

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