Perceived and desired weight, weight related eating and exercising behaviours, and advice received from parents among thin, overweight, obese or normal weight Australian children and adolescents

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Thin children are less muscular, weaker, less active, and have lower performance in measures of physical fitness than their normal weight peers. Thin children are also more frequently subjected to teasing and stigmatization. Little i...

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Main Authors: Amy Nancy K, O'Dea Jennifer A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Online Access:http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/8/1/68