Contextual and cultural influences on parental feeding practices and involvement in child care centers among hispanic parents

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 347-354

  Mena, Noereem Z ^a   Gorman, Kathleen ^a   Dickin, Kate ^b   Greene, Geoffrey ^a   Tovar, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIET; FAMILY HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RHODE ISLAND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RHODE ISLAND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84938700909     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2014.0118     Document Type: Article

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