When do mothers think their child is overweight

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 510-516

  Parkinson, K N ^a   Drewett, R F ^b   Jones, A R ^a   Dale, A ^c   Pearce, M S ^a   Wright, C M ^d   Adamson, A J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adiposity; child; epidemiologic studies; overweight; perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD; SOCIAL STATUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79954446478     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.260     Document Type: Article

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