Parental ability to discriminate the weight status of children: Results of a survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Huang, Jeannie S ^b,c,e   Becerra, Karen ^b   Oda, Thaghar ^b   Walker, Edward ^b   Xu, Ronghui ^a   Donohue, Michael ^a   Chena, Iris ^b   Curbelo, Violeta ^d   Breslow, Adam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Children's Associated Medical Group   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Parenting; Weight perception; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34447128090     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2143     Document Type: Review

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