A call for research exploring social media influences on mothers' child feeding practices and childhood obesity risk

Appetite

Volumn 99, Issue , 2016, Pages 298-305

  Doub, Allison E ^a   Small, Meg ^a   Birch, Leann L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child feeding practices; Mothers; Social cognitive theory; Social media; Social network analysis; Social network theory; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NOTE; PEER PRESSURE; PREVENTION STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958168759     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.01.003     Document Type: Note

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