Weight‐specific Health‐related Quality of Life in Adolescents With Extreme Obesity
Open Access
- 1 October 2008
- Vol. 16 (10), 2266-2271
- https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2008.347
Abstract
The objectives of this multisite study were to: (i) examine differences by gender and race on generic and weight‐ specific health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents with extreme obesity (...Keywords
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