Studies included in the review
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7. Edmunds L (2000) Primary prevention in children at risk of obesity as adults. Unpublished doctoral thesis: University of Exeter, Exeter.
8. Franklin J (2002) Inter-generational transmission of values regarding weight, shape and appearance. Unpublished doctoral thesis: University of Leeds, Leeds.
9. Girlguiding UK (2007) Self-esteem: girls shout out! London: GirlGuiding UK. http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/ (accessed 26 May 2009).
10. Grogan S, Richards H (2002) Body image: focus groups with boys and men. Men and Masculinities 4: 219–232.
11. Harris C (2002) Assessing children's body shape and weight concerns. Unpublished doctoral thesis: University of Leeds, Leeds.
12. Hoare P, Cosgrove L (1998) Eating habits, body-esteem and self-esteem in Scottish children and adolescents.Journal of Psychosomatic Research 45: 425–431.
13. Kurtz Z, Thornes R (2000) The health needs of school age children: the views of children, parents and teachers linked to local and national information. Unpublished: http://www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/PDF/kurtzmarch00.pdf.
14. Ludvigsen A, Sharma N (2004) Burger boy and sporty girl: children and young people's attitudes towards food in school. Barkingside: Barnardo's.
15. McKinley M, Lowis C, Robson P, Wallace J, Morrissey M, Moran A, Livingstone M (2005) It's good to talk: children's views on food and nutrition. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 59: 542–551.
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17. Murtagh J, Dixey R, Rudolf M (2006) A qualitative investigation into the levers and barriers to weight loss in children: opinions of obese children. Archives of Disease in Childhood 91: 920–923.
18. National Children's Bureau (NCB) (2005) A report for the Children's Commissioner's Office on NCB's consultations with primary school children on measuring children's height and weight in schools. London: Department of Health.
19. Parkinson K, Tovee M, Cohen-Tovee E (1998) Body shape perceptions of preadolescent and young adolescent children. European Eating Disorders Review 6: 126–135.
20. Penny H, Haddock G (2007) Children's stereotypes of overweight children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 25: 409–418.
21. Phillips R, Hill A (1998) Fat, plain, but not friendless: self-esteem and peer acceptance of obese pre-adolescent girls. International Journal of Obesity 22: 287–293.
22. Pine K (2001) Children's perceptions of body shape: a thinness bias in preadolescent girls and associations with femininity. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 6: 519–536.
23. Robinson S (2000) Children's perceptions of eating and body image. Unpublished doctoral thesis: University of Southampton, Southampton.
24. Stewart K, Treasure E, Gill P, Chadwick B (2006) Understandings about food among 6-11 year olds in South Wales. Food, Culture and Society 9: 317–336.
25. Truby H, Paxton S (2008) The Children's Body Image Scale: reliability and use with international standards for Body Mass Index. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 47: 119–124.
26. Turnbull J, Heaslip S, McLeod H (2000) Pre-school children's attitudes to fat and normal male and female stimulus figures. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders 24: 1705–1706.
27. Walsh-Pierce J, Wardle J (1997) Cause and effect beliefs and self-esteem of overweight children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines 38: 645–650.
28. Waterston C (2001) Overweight-related victimisation in pre-adolescent boys and girls. Unpublished doctoral thesis: University of Leeds, Leeds.
This report should be cited as:
Rees R, Oliver K, Woodman J, Thomas J (2009) Children’s views about obesity, body size, shape and weight: a systematic review. London: EPPI Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London.