The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 93-97 , January 2010

Child Mental Health Problems and Obesity in Early Adulthood

  • Cristiane S. Duarte, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University-NYSPI, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Cristiane S. Duarte, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit #43, New York, NY10032.
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  • André Sourander, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University-NYSPI, New York, NY
    • Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
    • RBPU, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tromso University, Tromso, Norway
    • ,
  • Georgios Nikolakaros, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Harri Pihlajamaki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Department, Centre for Military Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Hans Helenius, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Jorma Piha, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Kirsti Kumpulainen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
    • ,
  • Irma Moilanen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Oulu Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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  • Tuula Tamminen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Tampere Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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  • Fredrik Almqvist, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Aviva Must, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Received 4 November 2008 ,Revised 14 April 2009 ,Accepted 30 June 2009.

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 Work on this study was supported by a grant from National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), for which the 2006 Young Investigator Award/2007 Barbara Jonas Investigator Award were received. The sponsor had no role in the study design, the collection analysis and interpretation of data, the writing of the report, and the decision to submit the paper for publication. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00635-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.06.066

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 93-97 , January 2010

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