Obesity: The new childhood disability?

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-36

  Tsiros, M D ^a   Coates, A M ^a   Howe, P R C ^a   Grimshaw, P N ^b   Buckley, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Function; ICF; Impairment

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 84950170928     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00706.x     Document Type: Review

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