Unfavourable family characteristics and their associations with childhood obesity: A cross-sectional study

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Moens, Ellen ^a   Braet, Caroline ^a   Bosmans, Guy ^a   Rosseel, Yves ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Childhood overweight; Family factors; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTING; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 70349768940     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.940     Document Type: Article

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