Risk factors associated with treatment abandonment by overweight or obese children and adolescents

• Main Authors: Larissa Soares Mariz (Author), Carla Campos Muniz Medeiros (Author), Bertha Cruz Enders (Author), Caroline Evelin Nascimento Kluczynik Vieira (Author), Kaio Keomma Aires Silva Medeiros (Author), Alexsandro Silva Coura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Antioquia.
• Subjects: article
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Objective.To evaluate the risk factors associated with treatment abandonment by overweight or obese children and adolescents. Methods. A cross-sectional study, conducted in 2011, at the Childhood Obesity Center, in Campina Grande, Brazil, with the records of 208 children and adolescents, between thr...