Engaging children in the development of obesity interventions: Exploring outcomes that matter most among obesity positive outliers

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1393-1401

  Sharifi, Mona ^a   Marshall, Gareth ^a   Goldman, Roberta E ^b,c   Cunningham, Courtney ^a   Marshall, Richard ^d   Taveras, Elsie M ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Children; Obesity; Overweight; Positive deviance; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CHILD; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STANDARD;

BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84943813721     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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