Child feeding practices and perceptions of childhood overweight and childhood obesity risk among mothers of preschool children

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-158

  Crouch, Patrick ^a   O'dea, Jennifer A ^a   Battisti, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Childhood obesity; Maternal attitude; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547844398     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2007.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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