Preventing and treating childhood obesity: Time to target fathers

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-15

  Freeman, E ^a   Fletcher, R ^a   Collins, C E ^a   Morgan, P J ^a   Burrows, T ^a   Callister, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

childhood obesity; father weight status; mother weight status; obesity prevention; parent intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84855649726     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.198     Document Type: Article

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