Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Association with Maternal Perceptions of Their Children's Weight Status: The "GENESIS" Study

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1527-1531

  Manios, Yannis ^a   Moschonis, George ^a   Grammatikaki, Evangelia ^a   Anastasiadou, Anastasia ^a   Liarigkovinos, Theodoros ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77956993945     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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