Mother employment status and nutritional patterns in Japanese junior high schoolchildren

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 753-757

  Gaina, A ^a   Sekine, M ^b   Chandola, T ^a   Marmot, M ^a   Kagamimori, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese children; Mother employment; Nutrition habits; SES; Toyama study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEAL; OBESITY; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PORTION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADULT; DIET; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIET SURVEYS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650391705     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.103     Document Type: Article

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