Maternal knowledge of infant feeding guidelines and label reading behaviours in a population of new mothers in San Francisco, California

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-233

  Wojcicki, Janet M ^a,c   Gugig, Roberto ^a   Kathiravan, Suganya ^b   Holbrook, Kate ^a   Heyman, Melvin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal nutrition knowledge; Nutrient labels; WIC Program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH EDUCATION; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67549120990     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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