Nutrition Knowledge: A Mediator between Socioeconomic Position and Diet Quality in Australian First-Time Mothers

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 696-704

  McLeod, Emily R ^a   Campbell, Karen J ^a   Hesketh, Kylie D ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955084653     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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