Caregivers' inability to identify childhood adiposity: A cross-sectional survey of rural children and their caregivers' attitudes

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 56-61

  Fisher, Louise ^a   Fraser, John ^a   Alexander, Christian ^a  

^a Rural Training Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Obesity; Parent; Rural; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; TEACHING;

EID: 33644754581     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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