Parental recognition of overweight in school-age children.

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Published in Obesity (Silver Spring) on January 17, 2008

Authors

Delia S West1, James M Raczynski, Martha M Phillips, Zoran Bursac, C Heath Gauss, Brooke E E Montgomery

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA. westdelia@uams.edu

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