The association between weight perception and BMI: Report and measurement data from the growing up in Ireland Cohort Study of 9-year olds

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 46-53

  Shiely, F ^a,b   Ng, H Y ^c   Berkery, E M ^d   Murrin, C ^e   Kelleher, C ^e   Hayes, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85008422604     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2016.162     Document Type: Article

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