Parental input and weight concerns among elementary school children

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-271

  Smolak, Linda ^a   Levine, Michael P ^a   Schermer, Florence ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorie restrictive dieting; Dieting attempts; Prevention programs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; EATING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032997942     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199904)25:3<263::AID-EAT3>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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