Development and validation of a toddler silhouette scale

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 397-401

  Hager, Erin R ^a   McGill, Adrienne E ^a   Black, Maureen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 75749154406     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.293     Document Type: Article

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