The prediction of preschool children's weight from family environment factors: Gender-linked differences

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-275

  Tremblay, Line ^a   Rinaldi, Christina M ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Meal environment; Overweight; Pre school children; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77956598299     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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