Preschooler feeding practices and beliefs: Differences among Spanish- and English-speaking WIC clients

Family and Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-270

  Seth, Jennifer Greenberg ^a   Evans, Alexandra Elisabeth ^a   Harris, Karol Kaye ^a   Loyo, Jennifer Joleen ^a   Ray, Tara Campbell ^a   Spaulding, Carol ^a   Gottlieb, Nell H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnicity; Hispanic; Preschooler feeding behaviors; WIC participants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34250322519     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000277768.08150.9c     Document Type: Article

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