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Preventing and treating adolescent obesity: A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 38Issue 6p784–787Published in issue: June, 2006- Michael Kohn
- Jane M. Rees
- Susan Brill
- Helena Fonseca
- Marc Jacobson
- Debra K. Katzman
- and others
- Nutrition Special Interest Group of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 48The high prevalence of obesity in adolescence is a serious public health concern. Longitudinal studies confirm that health consequences of obesity during adolescence track into adulthood, but that these consequences are reduced by successfully decreasing body fat among obese adolescents.
