GPs, families and children's perceptions of childhood obesity

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Jones, Kay M ^a   Dixon, Maureen E ^a   Dixon, John B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Lifestyle; Parents; Perceptions; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84898825694     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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