Making sense of eating, weight and risk in the early teenage years: Views and concerns of parents in poorer socio-economic circumstances

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 624-635

  Backett Milburn, Kathryn C ^a   Wills, Wendy J ^b   Gregory, Susan ^a   Lawton, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food; Parents; Scotland; Socio economic disadvantage; Teenagers; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744807183     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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