Do African American mothers accurately estimate their daughters' weight category?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Moore, Sandra E ^a   Harris, Charlie L ^a   Watson, Petra ^a   Wimberly, Yolanda ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health beliefs; Overweight; Perception of health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAUGHTER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; STATISTICS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 52149104291     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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