A pilot study of a telephone-based parental intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in 3-5-year-old children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2245-2253

  Wyse, Rebecca ^a,e   Wolfenden, Luke ^a,e   Campbell, Elizabeth ^a,b,e   Campbell, Karen ^c   Brennan, Leah ^d   Fletcher, Amanda ^a,e   Bowman, Jenny ^a,e   Heard, Todd ^a,b,e   Wiggers, John ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Hunter New England Population Health   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Fruit; Parent; Pre school; Telephone; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIET; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; TELEPHONE; VEGETABLE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET SURVEYS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTING; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TELEPHONE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84857208664     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001170     Document Type: Article

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