Negative Peer Perceptions of Obese Children in the Classroom Environment
Open Access
- 1 April 2008
- Vol. 16 (4), 755-762
- https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2008.4
Abstract
Objective: It is asserted that the more immediate and observable consequences of pediatric obesity are psychosocial in nature. This study examines the peer relations of clinically referred obese yout...Keywords
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