Parental perceptions of weight status in children: The Gateshead Millennium Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 953-962

  Jones, A R ^a   Parkinson, K N ^a   Drewett, R F ^b   Hyland, R M ^b   Pearce, M S ^a   Adamson, A J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child; overweight; parents; perception; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960227511     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.106     Document Type: Article

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