Obesity prevention in early life: An opportunity to better support the role of Maternal and Child Health Nurses in Australia

BMC Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Laws, R ^a,e   Campbell, K J ^a,e   Pligt, P ^a   Ball, K ^a,e   Lynch, J ^b,e   Russell, G ^c,e   Taylor, R ^d,e   Denney Wilson, E ^c,e  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e Centre for Obesity Management and Prev Research Excellence in Primary Health Care (COMPaRE PHC)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Families; Infant feeding; Nurses; Obesity prevention; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027937024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-015-0077-7     Document Type: Article

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