Pocket money, eating behaviors, and weight status among Chinese children: The Childhood Obesity Study in China mega-cities

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue , 2017, Pages 208-215

  Li, Miao ^a,b   Xue, Hong ^c   Jia, Peng ^a,d   Zhao, Yaling ^e   Wang, Zhiyong ^f   Xu, Fei ^f   Wang, Youfa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NANJING MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Eating behavior; Obesity; Overweight; Pocket money; School policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEVERAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MONEY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POCKET MONEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STREET FOOD; FEMALE; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85018342291     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.04.031     Document Type: Article

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