Young children's dietary habits and associations with the mothers' nutritional knowledge and attitudes

Appetite

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Vereecken, Carine ^a,b   Maes, Lea ^b  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitude; Belgium; Dietary pattern; Knowledge; Preschool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

BELGIUM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 74449093465     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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