Psychosocial, behavioral and clinical correlates of children with overweight and obesity

• Main Authors: Vidhu V. Thaker (Author), Stavroula K. Osganian (Author), Sarah D. deFerranti (Author), Kendrin R. Sonneville (Author), Jennifer K. Cheng (Author), Henry A. Feldman (Author), Tracy K. Richmond (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Psychological and behavioral correlates are considered important in the development and persistence of obesity in both adults and youth. This study aimed to identify such features in youth with severe obesity (BMI ≥ 120% of 95thpercentile of sex-specific BMI-for-age) compared to...