The Association between Family and Parental Factors and Obesity among Children in Nanchang, China

Background: With rapid economic development in China, traditional patterns of health behaviors are changing, concurrent with a rise in childhood obesity. While the home environment and parenting behaviors are modifiable factors that could be targeted for intervention, little is known about their rel...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peng Zhang, Hongjiao Wu, Xiaojun Zhou, Yuanan Lu, Zhaokang Yuan, Justin B. Moore, Jay E Maddock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00162/full