Accuracy of child and adolescent weight perceptions and their relationships to dieting and exercise behaviors: A NHANES study

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 371-378

  Chung, Arlene E ^a,b   Perrin, Eliana M ^a,b   Skinner, Asheley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; sex differences; weight control behavior; weight perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARVATION; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCES; WEIGHT CONTROL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84880013114     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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