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22 results for "CNS disorders"

Depression, Obesity, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity

  • Published on 2012

My coeditors and I are delighted to share this special issue of the Journal of Obesity focused on understanding the comorbidity between obesity and depression. Depression is highly comorbid with obesity [1–3] and may impede weight loss treatment [4–9]. Just as a successful reduction in the obesity epidemic must entail a multilevel ...

Age, Social Engagement, and Physical Activity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Published on 03/2008

Although engagement in social interactions is one of the key diagnostic features of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), few studies have examined if social engagement related to physical activity of children with ASD. Age is another variable of interest to researchers studying behaviors, but has not been explored in physical activity ...