Food consumption, eating behaviour and self-esteem among single v. married and cohabiting mothers and their 12-year-old children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 934-939

  Elfhag, Kristina ^a,b   Rasmussen, Finn ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Eating behaviour; Food consumption; Psychology; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SINGLE PARENT; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 48749118542     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002449     Document Type: Article

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