Parental perception of overweight and underweight in children and adolescents

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-265

  Júlíusson, Pétur B ^a,b   Roelants, Mathieu ^c,d   Markestad, Trond ^a,b   Bjerknes, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

children and adolescents; obesity; Overweight; parental perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651350477     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.02039.x     Document Type: Article

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