Parental employment, family routines and childhood obesity

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 340-351

  Anderson, Patricia M ^a,b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Family routines; Maternal employment; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SLEEP TIME; TELEVISION VIEWING; WORKING TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBESITY; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84864616854     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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