Clustering of attitudes towards obesity: A mixed methods study of Australian parents and children

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Olds, Tim ^a   Thomas, Samantha ^b   Lewis, Sophie ^c   Petkov, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Attitudes; Family; Obesity; Social marketing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CATASTROPHIZING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL MARKETING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION GROUPS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885333022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-117     Document Type: Article

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