Parents of school students on childhood overweight: The weight of opinion study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 194-198

  Booth, Michael L ^a   King, Lesley A ^b   Pagnini, Deanna L ^b   Wilkenfeld, Rachel L ^b   Booth, Susan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Exercise; Food; Obesity; Parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TEACHER; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 65349175206     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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