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Why Don't Low-Income Mothers Worry About Their Preschoolers Being Overweight?

Anjali Jain, Susan N. Sherman, DPA; Leigh A. Chamberlin, Yvette Carter, Scott W. Powers and Robert C. Whitaker
Pediatrics May 2001, 107 (5) 1138-1146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.107.5.1138
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vol. 107 no. 5 1138-1146
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.107.5.1138
PubMed 
11331699

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American Academy of Pediatrics
Print ISSN 
0031-4005
Online ISSN 
1098-4275
History 
  • Received July 26, 2000
  • Accepted November 4, 2000
  • Published online May 1, 2001.

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  1. Anjali Jain, MD*,
  2. Susan N. Sherman,
  3. DPA; Leigh A. Chamberlin, MEd, RD‡,
  4. Yvette Carter,
  5. Scott W. Powers, PhD‡§,
  6. Robert C. Whitaker, MD, MPH‡§
  1. From the *Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois;
  2. ‡Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and the
  3. §University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Anjali Jain, Susan N. Sherman, DPA; Leigh A. Chamberlin, Yvette Carter, Scott W. Powers, Robert C. Whitaker
Pediatrics May 2001, 107 (5) 1138-1146; DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.5.1138

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Why Don't Low-Income Mothers Worry About Their Preschoolers Being Overweight?
Anjali Jain, Susan N. Sherman, DPA; Leigh A. Chamberlin, Yvette Carter, Scott W. Powers, Robert C. Whitaker
Pediatrics May 2001, 107 (5) 1138-1146; DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.5.1138
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