Maternal perception of their overweight children: Populations at risk across the lifespan: Case reports

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 538-546

  Hackie, Mary ^a   Bowles, Cheryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic Americans; Parental perceptions; Pediatric obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEVADA; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35548980984     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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