Developing a nutrition intervention in children's centres: Exploring views of parents in rural/urban settings in the UK

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1516-1521

  Ohly, Heather R ^a   Hayter, Arabella ^b   Pettinger, Clare ^a   Pikhart, Hynek ^b   Watt, Richard G ^b   Rees, Gail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Intervention; Keywords Nutrition; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL;

ADULT; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SNACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880079096     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012003977     Document Type: Article

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