Perception of mothers on their children's obesity;Percepción de las madres sobre la obesidad de sus hijos

Gaceta Medica de Mexico

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-168

  Zonana Nacach, Abraham ^a   Conde Gaxiola, María Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children's weight; Hipertriglyceridemia; Hypercholesterolemia; Hyperglycemia; Maternal perception; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INCIDENCE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78149231475     PISSN: 00163813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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