Parental feeding practices and concerns related to child underweight, picky eating, and using food to calm differ according to ethnicity/race, acculturation, and income

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 899-909

  Evans, Alexandra ^a   Seth, Jennifer Greenberg ^b   Smith, Shanna ^c   Harris, Karol Kaye ^b   Loyo, Jennifer ^b   Spaulding, Carol ^b   Eck, Mary Van ^d   Gottlieb, Nell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Low income; Parental feeding practices; Preschool aged children

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; PARENTING; TEXAS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855166031     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0526-6     Document Type: Article

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