Physical activity and beverage consumption in preschoolers: Focus groups with parents and teachers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  De Craemer, Marieke ^a   De Decker, Ellen ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,b   Vereecken, Carine ^a,c   Duvinage, Kristin ^d   Grammatikaki, Evangelia ^e   Iotova, Violeta ^f   Fernández Alvira, Juan Miguel ^g   Zych, Kamila ^h   Manios, Yannis ^e   Cardon, Greet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^h CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Beverage consumption; European study; Physical activity; Preschool children; Qualitative study; ToyBox study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEVERAGE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEVERAGES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FACULTY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875349592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-278     Document Type: Article

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