The association between self perceptions of psychological well-being and overweight in Brazilian children

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-274

  Alexius, Silvia Letícia ^a,b   Olinto, Maria Teresa Anselmo ^a   Henn, Ruth Liane ^a   Pattussi, Marcos Pascoal ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade Uniao das Americas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child psychology; Children; Cross sectional; Obesity; Overweight; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84858260605     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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