Parental disconnect between perceived and actual weight status of children: A metasynthesis of the current research

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 160-166

  Doolen, Jessica ^a   Alpert, Patricia T ^a   Miller, Sally K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver perception; Childhood obesity; Overweight child; Parental awareness; Parental misperceptions of child's weight; Parental perception; Risk for overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 62349109552     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00382.x     Document Type: Review

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