Maternal perspectives on lifestyle habits that put children of Mexican descent at risk for obesity

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-25

  Gallagher, Martina Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Latino children; Lifestyle habits; Maternal perspective; Obesity; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; TELEVISION; TEXAS;

EID: 73649085527     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2009.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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