Positive maternal attitude to the family eating together decreases the risk of adolescent overweight

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1422-1430

  Mamun, Abdullah A ^a,c   Lawlor, Debbie A ^d   O'Callaghan, Michael J ^e   Williams, Gail M ^a   Najman, Jake M ^a,b,c  

^a School of Population Health   (Australia)

^b School of Social Science

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence overweight; Family eating; Maternal attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 32944455307     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.172     Document Type: Article

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