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SUBMITTER: Jay M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3602231 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jay Melanie M Stepney Cesalie C Wijetunga N Ari NA Akinrinade Grace G Dorsey Karen K Bruzzese Jean-Marie JM
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 20130401 2
<h4>Background</h4>Obesity is associated with poor asthma outcomes; weight loss improves such outcomes. Inaccurate recognition of obesity may impede weight control.<h4>Purpose</h4>We examined perception of weight by early adolescents with uncontrolled asthma and their caregivers, and tested the relationship between medical visit frequency and accuracy of perceived weight status.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 373 adolescents and their caregivers reported the adolescent's height/weight and weight perc ...[more]