Health-Related Quality of Life of Severely Obese Children and Adolescents

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Authors

Jeffrey B. Schwimmer · University of California, San Diego

Abstract

Severely obese children and adolescents have lower health-related QOL than children and adolescents who are healthy and similar QOL as those diagnosed as having cancer. Physicians, parents, and teachers need to be informed of the risk for impaired health-related QOL among obese children and adolescents to target interventions that could enhance health outcomes.

Topics & Keywords

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 289, Issue 14, pp. 1813-1813

DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.14.1813

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