Shared care obesity management in 3-10 year old children: 12 month outcomes of HopSCOTCH randomised trial.

Authors :: Wake, Melissa
Lycett, Kate
Clifford, Susan A.
Sabin, Matthew A.
Gunn, Jane
Gibbons, Kay
Hutton, Cathy
McCallum, ZoÃ
Arnup, Sarah J.
Wittert, Gary
Source :: BMJ: British Medical Journal; 6/22/2013, Vol. 346 Issue 7913, p15-15, 1p
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: The article offers information on a study of obesity management in younger children. It informs that a randomized control trial on body mass index (BMI) surveillance in 22 general practices in Melbourne, Australia on 1195 children aged 3-10 years over a 10 month period were carried out. It informs that the outcome had similar BMI and BMI z-scores.

Subjects :: OBESITY treatment
TEAMS in the workplace
CONFIDENCE intervals
MEDICAL personnel
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
SELF-evaluation
PEER relations
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
PATIENTS' families
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHILDREN

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