Healthy eating behaviors and the cognitive environment are positively associated in low-income households with young children

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-64

  Pieper, Joy Rickman ^a   Whaley, Shannon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fast food; Fruit; Healthy eating; Home literacy environment; Preschool; Reading; Soft drink; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNICITY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; OBESITY; POVERTY; READING; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79955825931     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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