Body perception: Do parents, their children, and their children's physicians perceive body image differently?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-80

  Chaimovitz, R ^a   Issenman, R ^a   Moffat, T ^a   Persad, R ^a  

^a MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index percentiles; Body perception; Childhood obesity; Health risks.; Physician accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERWEIGHT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINNESS;

EID: 55549139521     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31815a34     Document Type: Article

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