Body weight perception is associated with socio-economic status and current body weight in selected urban and rural South Indian school-going children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2348-2356

  Pauline, Maria ^a   Selvam, Sumithra ^a   Swaminathan, Sumathi ^a   Vaz, Mario ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

School aged population; Weight perception; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84870155655     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012000134     Document Type: Article

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