Overweight in latino preschoolers: Do parental health beliefs matter?

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-348

  Kersey, Margaret ^a   Lipton, Rebecca ^b   Quinn, Michael T ^b   Lantos, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Health beliefs; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS;

EID: 77449119830     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.34.3.9     Document Type: Article

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