Toddler-feeding practices among Mexican American mothers. A qualitative study

Appetite

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 629-632

  Chaidez, Virginia ^a   Townsend, Marilyn ^a   Kaiser, Lucia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Indulgent feeding; Latinos; Mexican American; Qualitative research; Toddler feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TODDLER;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952993333     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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