Parental perceptions of and concerns about child's body weight in eight European countries - the IDEFICS study

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-129

  Regber, S ^a   Novak, M ^b   Eiben, G ^c   Bammann, K ^d,e   De Henauw, S ^f   Fernandez Alvira J M ^g   Gwozdz, W ^h   Kourides, Y ⁱ   Moreno, L A ^g   Molnar D ^j   Pigeot, I ^d   Reisch, L ^h   Russo, P ^k   Veidebaum, T ^l   Borup, I ^a   Marild, S ^c  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^h Research and Education Institute of Child Health/Strovolos ^*  (Denmark)

ⁱ Research and Education Institute of Child Health Strovolos   (Cyprus)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^k CNR   (Italy)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

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Author keywords

Cohort Of European Children; Obesity; Parent; Weight Concern; Weight Perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878146826     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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