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Family influence on childhood excess weight in the Region of Murcia, Spain

Author(s) -

María Isabel Jiménez Candel,

Jośe Mondéjar Jiménez,

Antonio J Gómez Navarro,

Ana Belén Monreal Tomás

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

archivos argentinos de pediatria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 1668-3501

pISSN - 0325-0075

DOI - 10.5546/aap.2021.eng.99

Subject(s) - overweight , excess weight , obesity , anthropometry , childhood obesity , demography , medicine , contingency table , body mass index , psychology , pediatrics , endocrinology , statistics , mathematics , sociology

In Spain, childhood obesity is worrying, and its development might be influenced by the family setting. The objectives were to determine the prevalence of excess weight among adolescents, evaluate family variables that could affect it, and determine parents' body perception.

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