Associations of maternal employment and three-generation families with pre-school children's overweight and obesity in Japan

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 945-952

  Watanabe, E ^a   Lee, J S ^a   Kawakubo, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

childhood overweight; family environment; grandparents; lifestyle; maternal employment; three generation family

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; MEAL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SINGLE PARENT; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 79960222618     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.82     Document Type: Article

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