Racial/Ethnic Differences in Dietary Intake among WIC Families Prior to Food Package Revisions

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-46

  Kong, Angela ^a   Odoms Young, Angela M ^a   Schiffer, Linda A ^a   Berbaum, Michael L ^a   Porter, Summer J ^a   Blumstein, Lara ^a   Fitzgibbon, Marian L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Children; Diet; Hispanic; Latino; Mothers; WIC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE;

EID: 84872145680     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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