Mother's attitudes toward obesity among school children in Babylon

• Published in: Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 161 - 168
• Main Authors: Hamza, Najih, Jihad, Salma K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing 25.04.2013
• Subjects: Attitude; body mass index; obesity; schoolchildren

Background: Obesity has been declared by the (WHO) as a major public health problem and global epidemic, in general a body mass index of 30 kg/m² or greater is considered obese, and according to the WHO too more than 1.5 billion adults are overweight, parents and mothers play a great role in choosin...