Health Status, Emotional/Behavioral Problems, Health Care Use, and Expenditures in Overweight/Obese US Children/Adolescents.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of overweight/obesity with health, health care utilization, and expenditures in a national sample of 10- to 17-year-old children and adolescents. METHODS: Secondary analysis of 2005 to 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data (n = 17,224). Outcome measures inc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Academic Pediatrics Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 251 - 259
Main Authors: Turer, Christy Boling, Hua Lin, Flores, Glenn
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. May/Jun2013
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost