Dads at the dinner table. A cross-sectional study of Australian fathers' child feeding perceptions and practices

Appetite

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-44

  Mallan, Kimberley M ^a   Daniels, Lynne A ^a,c   Nothard, Michaela ^a   Nicholson, Jan M ^a,b   Wilson, Andrew ^a   Cameron, Cate M ^d   Scuffham, Paul A ^d   Thorpe, Karen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PARENTING RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child feeding practices; Childhood obesity; Controlling feeding; Fathers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD FEEDING QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHER; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTING; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84887662297     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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