Health ratings for underweight, overweight and obese adolescents: Disparities between adolescent's own report and the parent's report

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-187

  Pu, Christy ^a   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Health; Obesity; Parent; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAIWAN; THINNESS;

EID: 77955075618     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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