Parental Perception of Weight Status and Weight Gain Across Childhood
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Parental Perception of Weight Status and Weight Gain Across Childhood.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Parents of children who are overweight often fail to accurately identify their child's weight status. Although these misperceptions are presumed to be a major public health concern, little research has examined whether parental perceptions of child weight status are protective against weight gain during childhood. Our objective was to examine whether parental perception...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-3957