Greater Nutrition Knowledge Is Associated with Lower 1-Year Postpartum Weight Retention in Low-Income Women

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1801-1806

  Nuss, Henry ^a   Freeland Graves, Jeanne ^a   Clarke, Kristine ^a   Klohe Lehman, Deborah ^a   Milani, Tracey J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; MOTHER; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OBESITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34648819978     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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