title: Health-related quality of life in adolescents with comorbidities related to obesity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psychosocial correlates of medically complex obesity are poorly understood in adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Health-related quality of life was examined among 111 obese adolescents with medical comorbidities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A higher body mass index and greater number of comorbidities were associated with diminished health-related quality of life, thus underscoring the relevance of psychosocial functioning in obese youth.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital of Denver, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA. nadeau.kristen@tchden.org
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nadeau
authors.forename: Ronette L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Kolotkin
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boex
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Witten
authors.forename: Kim K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: McFann
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zeitler
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Walders-Abramson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult