Meals in our household: Reliability and initial validation of a questionnaire to assess child mealtime behaviors and family mealtime environments

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 276-284

  Anderson, Sarah E ^a   Must, Aviva ^b   Curtin, Carol ^c   Bandini, Linda G ^c,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University Medical Campus   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858618279     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.08.035     Document Type: Article

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