Racial/ethnic and immigrant differences in early childhood diet quality

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1308-1317

  De Hoog, Marieke L A ^a,b   Kleinman, Ken P ^c   Gillman, Matthew W ^c,d   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^a   Van Eijsden, Manon ^b,e   Taveras, Elsie M ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Diet; Maternal perception; Pre school children; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903127220     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001183     Document Type: Article

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