Parental feeding practices in Mexican American families: Initial test of an expanded measure

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tschann, Jeanne M ^a   Gregorich, Steven E ^b   Penilla, Carlos ^a   Pasch, Lauri A ^a   de Groat, Cynthia L ^a   Flores, Elena ^c   Deardorff, Julianna ^d   Greenspan, Louise C ^e   Butte, Nancy F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child obesity; Fathers; Feeding practices; Latinos, Child weight; Mexican Americans; Mothers; Parent child relationships; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY SERVICE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENTAL FEEDING PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CULTURE; DIET; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OBESITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872261453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-6     Document Type: Article

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