Nutrition practices and mealtime environments of North Carolina child care centers

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 216-223

  Benjamin Neelon, Sara E ^a   Vaughn, Amber ^b   Ball, Sarah C ^b   McWilliams, Christina ^b   Ward, Dianne S ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CEREAL; DAY CARE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

BEVERAGES; CEREALS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFANT; NORTH CAROLINA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84862159420     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2011.0065     Document Type: Article

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