Baby knows best? The impact of weaning style on food preferences and body mass index in early childhood in a case-controlled sample

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Townsend, Ellen ^a   Pitchford, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BABY; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE; WEANING;

EID: 84857807485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000298     Document Type: Article

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