Food, eating and taste: Parents' perspectives on the making of the middle class teenager

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1316-1323

  Backett Milburn, Kathryn C ^a   Wills, Wendy J ^b   Roberts, Mei Li ^c   Lawton, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family; Food; Middle class; Parents; Scotland; Social class; Teenagers; UK

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CLASS; DIET; FAMILY STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASTE PREFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; TASTE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956345136     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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