Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 331-338 , April 2010

Parenting Style as a Predictor of Adolescent Weight and Weight-Related Behaviors

  • Jerica M. Berge, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jerica M. Berge, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Phillips Wangensteen Building, 516 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
    • ,
  • Melanie Wall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Katie Loth, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 30 April 2009 ,Accepted 12 August 2009.

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 The content of the manuscript is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Maternal and Child Health Program, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development or the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00331-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.08.004

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 331-338 , April 2010

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