Sentence examples for indicator of children from inspiring English sources
Running away is one indicator of children who feel overly constrained by parental restrictions, but that has actually been in decline.
In the current study, body mass index (BMI) was found to be a good indicator of girls' and boys' body dissatisfaction, while the main indicator of children's body change strategies was perceived pressure from parents, peers, and the media.
Using structural equation modeling, we test both direct and indirect relationships between a family functioning index, a general indicator of children's health status, and three neighborhood factors: neighborhood physical resources, environmental threats, and collective efficacy.
Growth and development in the first few years of life is an important health indicator of children.
Growth is considered to be the best global indicator of children's well-being, and growth impairment has both short- and long-term consequences.
The World Health Organization and Australian authorities recommend exclusive breastfeeding to six months of age [ 7– 9] and in Australia, breastfeeding at four months is a key national indicator of children's health, development and wellbeing [ 10].
The consultation also seeks to dilute the relevance of income by developing a "multidimensional indicator" of child poverty.
Mexico has a low level of overall hunger, but also has areas where child stunting – an indicator of child undernutrition – is relatively high.
With coauthors, I am working to examine how both maternal and paternal incarceration affect infant mortality, a particularly important indicator of child wellbeing.
In northeast Brazil, stunted growth -- an indicator of child malnutrition -- decreased from 22.2 percent in 1996 to 5.9 percent in 2006-7, according to the report.
The work and pensions secretary's proposal follows research by his department showing the biggest indicator of child poverty identified by members of the public was not income but having a parent addicted to drugs or alcohol – backing up the former Conservative leader's long-held argument that the current financial-based measure alone is not enough.
