Agreement with satisfaction in adolescent body size between female caregivers and teens from a low-income African-American community

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-51

  Mitola, Andrea L ^a,b   Papas, Mia A ^a   Le, Katherine ^a   Fusillo, Lauren ^a   Black, Maureen M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent caregiver agreement; Adolescents; African American; At risk for overweight; Body size satisfaction; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OBESITY; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846110571     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsl004     Document Type: Article

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