Parents underestimate their child's overweight

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1374-1379

  Vuorela, Nina ^a,c   Saha, Marja Terttu ^b   Salo, Matti K ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Childhood; Obesity; Parental misperception of child's weight; Parental perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77955915540     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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