Associations Between Family Dinner Frequency and Specific Food Behaviors Among Grade Six, Seven, and Eight Students from Ontario and Nova Scotia

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-436

  Woodruff, Sarah J ^a   Hanning, Rhona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Family research; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING; FAMILY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOVA SCOTIA; ONTARIO; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 64549083655     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.10.141     Document Type: Article

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