Weight status, parent reaction, and self-concept in five-year-old girls

Pediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 46-53

  Davison, Kirsten Krahnstoever ^a   Birch, Leann Lipps ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Overweight; Parent concern; Parent reaction; Parent restriction; Preschool children; Self concept; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035181434     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.1.46     Document Type: Article

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