Parents' beliefs about appropriate infant size, growth and feeding behaviour: Implications for the prevention of childhood obesity

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Redsell, Sarah A ^a   Atkinson, Philippa ^b   Nathan, Dilip ^c   Siriwardena, A Niroshan ^d   Swift, Judy A ^a   Glazebrook, Cris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Nottingham City Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARENTING; PARENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349240758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-711     Document Type: Article

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