Parenthood-a contributing factor to childhood obesity

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2800-2810

  Huffman, Fatma G ^a   Kanikireddy, Sankarabharan ^a   Patel, Manthan ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cholesterol; BMI; Childhood obesity; Children's diet; NHANES; Single parent households

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTHOOD; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PARENT;

EID: 78649602840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7072800     Document Type: Article

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