Childhood obesity: Prevention is better than cure

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 83-89

  Pandita, Aakash ^a   Sharma, Deepak ^b   Pandita, Dharti ^c   Pawar, Smita ^d   Tariq, Mir ^e   Kaul, Avinash ^f  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (India)

^b POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^d Department of OBG Fernandez Hospital ^*  (India)

^e Department of HPB and Liver Transplantation Reliance Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital   (India)

^f Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Assessment; Body mass index; Nutrition assessment; Obesity; Overweight; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT;

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84962525421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DMSO.S90783     Document Type: Review

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