Television viewing and obesity among pre-school children: The role of parents

Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-446

  Vandebosch, Heidi ^a   Van Cleemput, Katrien ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Obesity; Parental mediation; Parental modeling; Pre school children; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849159905     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COMMUN.2007.031     Document Type: Review

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