Parents' concern about their children's weight

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-92

  Lampard, Amy M ^a   Byrne, Susan M ^a,b   Zubrick, Stephen R ^b,c   Davis, Elizabeth A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Princess Margaret Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Child quality of life; Child weight; Childhood obesity; Parental concern; Perception of body size; Perception of weight status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDREN BODY IMAGE SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 46249100218     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160701832552     Document Type: Article

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