Maternal perception of child weight among mexicans in California and Mexico

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 886-894

  Rosas, Lisa G ^a   Harley, Kim G ^b   Guendelman, Sylvia ^b   Fernald, Lia Ch ^b   Mejia, Fabiola ^c   Eskenazi, Brenda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Childhood overweight; Mexican immigrants; Perception of weight status

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78651372371     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0534-6     Document Type: Article

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