Maternal perceptions of toddler body size accuracy and satisfaction differ by toddler weight status

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-422

  Hager, Erin R ^a   Candelaria, Margo ^a   Latta, Laura W ^a   Hurley, Kristen M ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Caulfield, Laura E ^b   Black, Maureen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBURBAN AREA; TODDLER; TODDLER SILHOUETTE SCALE; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY SIZE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860719690     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1900     Document Type: Article

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