Maternal predictors of preschool child-eating behaviours, food intake and body mass index: A prospective study

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 999-1014

  McPhie, Skye ^a   Skouteris, Helen ^a   Fuller Tyszkiewicz, Matthew ^a   McCabe, Marita ^a   Ricciardelli, Lina A ^a   Milgrom, Jeannette ^b   Baur, Louise A ^c   Dell'Aquila, Daniela ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

eating; food; obesity; preschool; weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863316210     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2012.678595     Document Type: Article

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