Between provisioning and consuming?: Children, mothers and 'childhood obesity'

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-316

  Maher, Janemaree ^a   Fraser, Suzanne ^a   Lindsay, Jo ^a  

^a School of Political and Social Inquiry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Maternal responsibility; Provisioning; Responsibilisation; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649965689     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2010.19.3.304     Document Type: Article

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