Feeding behaviors of low-income mothers: Directive control relates to a lower BMI in children, and a nondirective control relates to a healthier diet in preschoolers

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1031-1037

  Murashima, Megumi ^a   Hoerr, Sharon L ^a,d   Hughes, Sheryl O ^c   Kaplowitz, Stan A ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER; NUTRIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TIME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICHIGAN; MOTHERS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860281365     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.024257     Document Type: Article

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