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Body satisfaction in 8-year-old children after long-term dietary counseling in a prospective randomized atherosclerosis prevention trial

Authors: Saarilehto S, Lapinleimu H, Keskinen S, Helenius H, Simell O

Publisher: AMER MEDICAL ASSOC

Publication year: 2003

Journal:: Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Journal name in source: ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE

Journal acronym: ARCH PEDIAT ADOL MED

Volume: 157

Issue: 8

First page : 753

Last page: 758

Number of pages: 6

ISSN: 1072-4710

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.157.8.753

Abstract

Conclusion: Long-term, individualized dietary counseling since infancy with the focus on dietary fat did not enhance body dissatisfaction or desire to be thinner in 8-year-old children.