Parent Perceptions of Child Weight Status in Mexican-Origin Immigrant Families: An Investigation of Acculturation, Stress, and Coping Factors

TY - JOUR

T1 - Parent Perceptions of Child Weight Status in Mexican-Origin Immigrant Families: An Investigation of Acculturation, Stress, and Coping Factors

AU - McLeod, Dorothy L.

AU - Bates, Carolyn R.

AU - Heard, Amy M.

AU - Bohnert, Amy M.

AU - Santiago, Catherine DeCarlo

N1 - Parents often underestimate their child's weight status, particularly when the child is overweight or obese. This study examined acculturation, stress, coping, and involuntary responses to stress and their relation to estimation of child's weight status among Mexican-origin immigrant families.

PY - 2017/3/21

Y1 - 2017/3/21

UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-017-0569-5

U2 - 10.1007/s10903-017-0569-5

DO - 10.1007/s10903-017-0569-5

M3 - Article

VL - 219

JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

ER -