Calories in the classroom: Celebration foods offered and consumed during classroom parties at an elementary school in a low-income, Urban community

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 378-383

  Isoldi, Kathy K ^a   Dalton, Sharron ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEISURE; POVERTY; SCHOOL; URBAN POPULATION;

BEVERAGES; CHILD; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84865036165     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2012.0002     Document Type: Article

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