Childhood Obesity Is a Chronic Disease Demanding Specific Health Care - A Position Statement from the Childhood Obesity Task Force (COTF) of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)

Obesity Facts

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 342-349

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^h HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Classification; Health systems; Morbidity; Non communicable chronic disease; Obesity; Policy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; ADOLESCENT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COOPERATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT RIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84945193450     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000441483     Document Type: Article

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