Bonny babies? motherhood and nurturing in the age of obesity

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-383

  Keenan, Julia ^a   Stapleton, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Babies; Obesity; Risk; Risk management; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77954304176     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698571003792926     Document Type: Article

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