The views of young children in the UK about obesity, body size, shape and weight: A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rees, Rebecca ^a   Oliver, Kathryn ^b   Woodman, Jenny ^c   Thomas, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 79953114327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-188     Document Type: Article

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