Maternal educational level and preschool children's consumption of high-calorie snacks and sugar-containing beverages: Mediation by the family food environment

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 607-612

  Wijtzes, Anne I ^a   Jansen, Wilma ^a,b   Jansen, Pauline W ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rotterdam Rijnmond Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beverage; Education; Preschool; Snack; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER; PARENTING EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGAR INTAKE; TELEVISION;

BEVERAGE; EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL; SNACK; SOCIOECONOMIC;

BEVERAGES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SNACKS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TELEVISION;

EID: 84885846601     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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