Childhood obesity as an emerging area of practice for occupational therapists: A case report.
The impact of childhood obesity on occupational performance has received little attention in the professional literature, despite its impact on children’s participation in school. Childhood obesity has become a pandemic and results in physical, psychosocial, emotional and academic challenges that th...
| Published in: | New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 29 - 39 |
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| Format: | case study research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Occupational Therapy New Zealand
2015
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