Children's weight changes according to maternal perception of the child's weight and health: A prospective cohort of Peruvian children.

The aim of the study was to estimate the association between maternal perception of their child's health status and (mis)classification of their child's actual weight with future weight change. We present cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses from the Peruvian younger cohort of the You...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, J Jaime Miranda, Hong Xue, Youfa Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5396911?pdf=render