Family meals and adolescents: What have we learned from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens)?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1113-1121

  Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^a   Larson, Nicole I ^a   Fulkerson, Jayne A ^b   Eisenberg, Marla E ^c   Story, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Family meals; Nutrition; Obesity; Substance use; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; EATING; FAMILY RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; EATING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 77956198421     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000169     Document Type: Article

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