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Parental beliefs about portion size, not children's own beliefs, predict child BMI
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Background Increases in portion size are thought by many to promote obesity in children. However, this relationship remains unclear. Here, we explore the extent to which a child's BMI is predicted both by parental beliefs about their child's ideal and maximum portion size and/or by the child's own beliefs. Methods Parent–child (5–11 years) dyads (N = 217) were recruited from a randomized controlled trial (n = 69) and an interactive science centre (n = 148). For a range of main meals, parents...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ National Institute for Health Research
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Grant:
Health Technology Assessment Programme Ref: 18470
+ Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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Grant:
LINK grant BB/J005622/1
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Pediatric Obesity Journal website
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 232-238
- Publication date:
- 2017-04-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-02-10
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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2047-6302
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pubs:829527
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- Local pid:
- pubs:829527
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829527
- Deposit date:
- 2018-03-16
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- Copyright holder:
- Potter et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
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Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Pediatric Obesity published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of World Obesity Federation
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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