The individual and combined influence of the "quality" and "quantity" of family meals on adult body mass index

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 344-351

  Berge, Jerica M ^a   Wickel, Katharine ^b   Doherty, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; BMI; Body mass index; Distractions at family meals; Family meals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874491824     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030660     Document Type: Article

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