Parental employment and work-family stress: Associations with family food environments

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 496-504

  Bauer, Katherine W ^a,b   Hearst, Mary O ^c   Escoto, Kamisha ^c   Berge, Jerica M ^d   Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Family; Family meals; Home food environment; Nutrition; Parents; Stress; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITION; PARENTAL CARE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STRESS; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861684872     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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