A Qualitative Study of Motivators and Barriers to Healthy Eating in Pregnancy for Low-Income, Overweight, African-American Mothers

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1175-1181

  Reyes, Naomi R ^a   Klotz, Alicia A ^a   Herring, Sharon J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Diet quality; Low income; Motivators; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BARRIERS; BODY MASS; COST; DIET; DIET QUALITY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOW-INCOME; MOTIVATION; MOTIVATORS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BARRIERS; DIET QUALITY; LOW-INCOME; MOTIVATORS; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84882857222     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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