Association of children's eating behaviors with parental education, and teachers' health awareness, attitudes and behaviors: A national school-based survey in China

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 880-887

  He, Liu ^a   Zhai, Yi ^a   Engelgau, Michael ^b   Li, Weirong ^c   Qian, Hanzhu ^d   Si, Xiang ^a   Gao, Xin ^a   Sereny, Melanie ^e   Liang, Jing ^a   Zhu, Xiaolei ^a   Shi, Xiaoming ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FACULTY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84922417604     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt177     Document Type: Article

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