Mothers' perceptions of overweight and obesity in their children

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 8-13

  Jackson, Debra ^a   McDonald, Glenda ^a   Mannix, Judy ^a   Faga, Pat ^a   Firtko, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child health; Childhood obesity; Mother blaming; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645461516     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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