The family meal panacea: Exploring how different aspects of family meal occurrence, meal habits and meal enjoyment relate to young children's diets

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 906-923

  Skafida, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Childhood; Families; Nutrition; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOURDIEU; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILIES; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE METHODS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

BOURDIEU; CHILDHOOD; FAMILIES; NUTRITION; QUANTITATIVE METHODS;

ADULT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEALS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880506861     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12007     Document Type: Article

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