Childhood overweight and the relationship between parent behaviors, parenting style, and family functioning

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 615, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-37

  Rhee, Kyung ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEIGHT CONTROL AND DIABETES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood overweight; Family functioning; Feeding practices; Parenting style

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349117248     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207308400     Document Type: Review

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