'Treats', 'sometimes foods', 'junk': A qualitative study exploring 'extra foods' with parents of young children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 979-986

  Petrunoff, Nicholas A ^a,b,c   Wilkenfeld, Rachel L ^d   King, Lesley A ^a   Flood, Victoria M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Health Promotion Service   (Australia)

^d Building 52   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Children; Parental views; Snacking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84897528659     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012005095     Document Type: Article

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