A qualitative study exploring parental accounts of feeding pre-school children in two low-income populations in the UK

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 371-384

  Hayter, Arabella K M ^a   Draper, Alizon K ^b   Ohly, Heather R ^c   Rees, Gail A ^c   Pettinger, Clare ^d   McGlone, Pauline ^c   Watt, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood diet; Community based; Nutrition; Parent; Pre school children; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD WASTE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84931955488     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12017     Document Type: Article

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