Association between health literacy and child and adolescent obesity

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-66

  Chari, Roopa ^a,b   Warsh, Joel ^a,b   Ketterer, Tara ^a,b   Hossain, Jobayer ^a,b   Sharif, Iman ^a,b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Newest vital sign; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OBESITY; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890205810     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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