Family meals and body mass index among adolescents: Effects of gender

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-546

  Goldfield, Gary S ^a,b,c   Murray, Marisa A ^b   Buchholz, Annick ^a   Henderson, Katherine ^a   Obeid, Nicole ^a   Kukaswadia, Atif ^c   Flament, Martine F ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Family meals; Gender; Obesity; Overweight; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80051975602     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h11-049     Document Type: Article

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