Telling parents their child's weight status: Psychological impact of a weight-screening program

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Grimmett, Chloe ^a   Croker, Helen ^a   Carnell, Susan ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Dietary restraint; Teasing; Weight feedback

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SELF ESTEEM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 51649104137     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3526     Document Type: Article

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