Weight status and perceived body size in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 944-949

  Saxton, J ^a   Hill, C ^a   Chadwick, P ^a   Wardle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBALIZATION; VISION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THINNESS;

EID: 73249114206     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.162578     Document Type: Article

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