Parental feeding and childhood obesity in preschool-age children: Recent findings from the literature

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 205-267

  Thompson, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child eating behaviors; Childhood obesity; Parent feeding behaviors; Parent child relations; Parenting; Preschool child

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149350515     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460862.2010.530057     Document Type: Article

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