Food security during infancy: Implications for attachment and mental proficiency in toddlerhood

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-80

  Zaslow, Martha ^a   Bronte Tinkew, Jacinta ^a   Capps, Randolph ^b   Horowitz, Allison ^a   Moore, Kristin A ^a   Weinstein, Debra ^a  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Food security; Mental proficiency; Parental depression; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TODDLER;

ATTITUDE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTS;

EID: 58149091095     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0329-1     Document Type: Article

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