Child behavioural problems and body size among 2-6 year old children predisposed to overweight. Results from the "Healthy Start" study

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Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Olsen, Nanna J ^a,b   Pedersen, Jeanett ^a   Händel, Mina N ^a   Stougaard, Maria ^a   Mortensen, Erik L ^b   Heitmann, Berit L ^a,c,d  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR SCORE; SDQ TOTAL DIFFICULTIES SCORE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892619622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078974     Document Type: Article

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