A qualitative study of family healthy lifestyle behaviors of Mexican-American and Mexican immigrant fathers and mothers

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 562-569

  Turner, Barbara J ^a,b   Navuluri, Neelima ^c   Winkler, Paula ^c   Vale, Shruthi ^a   Finley, Erin ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c South Central Area Health Education Center   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Mexican American; Obesity; Parenting styles; Stages of change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICAN-AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PARENT; PARENTING STYLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STAGES OF CHANGE;

CHILDREN; MEXICAN-AMERICAN; OBESITY; PARENTING STYLES; STAGES OF CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84896320137     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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