Mothers' judgements about their child's weight: Distinguishing facts from values

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 722-727

  Parkinson, K N ^a   Drewett, R F ^b   Jones, A R ^a   Adamson, Ashley ^c   Dale, Anne ^c   Drewett, Robert ^c   Le Couteur, Ann ^c   McArdle, Paul ^c   Parkinson, Kathryn ^c   Pearce, Mark ^c   Reilly, John ^c   Wright, Charlotte ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Child; Epidemiological studies; Judgement; Overweight; Parent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; JUDGEMENT; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTHERS; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881617592     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12000     Document Type: Article

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