Child overweight in general practice - Parents' beliefs and expectations - A questionnaire survey study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Andersen, Merethe K ^a   Christensen, Bo ^a   Søndergaard, Jens ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Children; Expectations; General practice; Overweight; Parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84885339177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-152     Document Type: Review

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