Gender inequalities in maternal perception of healthy child body shape and their association with child body mass and blood pressure

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-83

  Barba, Gianvincenzo ^a   Casullo, Carmela ^b   Russo, Paola ^a   Siani, Alfonso ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Child Health Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Blood pressure; Body shape; Children; Gender; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; MOTHER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADIPOSITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOTHERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 46249119482     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160701667420     Document Type: Article

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