Parental weight perceptions: a cause for concern in the prevention and management of childhood obesity in the United Arab Emirates.
Parental participation is a key factor in the prevention and management of childhood obesity, thus parental recognition of weight problems is essential. We estimated parental perceptions and their determinants in the Emirati population. We invited 1541 students (grade 1-12; 50% boys) and their paren...
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Main Authors: | Abdulla Aljunaibi, Abdishakur Abdulle, Nico Nagelkerke |
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Language: | EN |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/4d0d9ddc1d7b47adbf22f3ba4d5a5b9e |
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