The role of parents' educational background in healthy lifestyle practices and attitudes of their 6-year-old children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1305-1313

  Stenhammar, Christina ^a   Sarkadi, Anna ^b   Edlund, Birgitta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Educational background; Lifestyle; Parents; Practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SWEDEN;

EID: 35448984918     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007696396     Document Type: Article

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