Treatment of pediatric obesity: An umbrella systematic review

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 763-775

  Rajjo, Tamim ^a,b   Mohammed, Khaled ^a,c   Alsawas, Mouaz ^a,c   Ahmed, Ahmed T ^a   Farah, Wigdan ^a,c   Asi, Noor ^a,c   Almasri, Jehad ^a,c   Prokop, Larry J ^c   Murad, Mohammad Hassan ^a,c  

^a Department of Health Sciences Research   (United States)

^b Department of Family Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METFORMIN; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTONE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; EXERCISE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KINESIOTHERAPY; METABOLISM; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CYCLOBUTANES; DIET THERAPY; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LACTONES; METFORMIN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 85015152211     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2016-2574     Document Type: Review

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