The Associations of Parenting Factors with Adolescent Body Mass Index in an Underserved Population

Background. The current study examined parental factors related to risk of adolescent obesity within the context of a family systems framework. Methods. Seventy predominantly African American, low-income caregiver-adolescent dyads participated in the study. Validated measures of parental perceived...

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Main Authors: Schneider, Elizabeth M., Wilson, Dawn K., Kitzman-Ulrich, Heather, George, Sara M. St., Alia, Kassandra A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671295/