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Trigwell, J.; Watson, P. M.; Murphy, R. C.; Stratton, G.; Cable, N. T. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: This study examined the relationship between ethnic background and parental views of healthy body size, concerns surrounding overweight and attitudes to perceived causes of overweight in childhood. Method: A self-report questionnaire was designed to explore parental attitudes towards childhood weight. Sampling deliberately…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Questionnaires, Body Weight, Sampling
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Watson, P. M.; Dugdill, L.; Murphy, R.; Knowles, Z.; Cable, N. T. – Health Education Journal, 2013
Childhood obesity is one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century and it is vital that evidence-based treatment approaches can be translated into practice to meet public health needs. Yet policy-makers cannot afford to wait for the results of lengthy trials before "probably efficacious" interventions are made available to the public, and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Family Programs, Intervention