A question of balance: Explaining differences between parental and grandparental perspectives on preschoolers' feeding and physical activity

Although one quarter of US and UK families rely on grandparents as the main providers of informal childcare, grandparental perspectives on the feeding and physical activity of young children remain understudied. The study's aim was to elucidate parents' and grandparents' perspectives...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2016-04, Vol.154, p.28-35
Main Authors: Eli, Karin, Howell, Kyndal, Fisher, Philip A., Nowicka, Paulina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Body weight
Child care
Child care services
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Childhood obesity
Children
Children & youth
Decision making
Eating behavior
Exercise
Exercise - psychology
Families & family life
Family roles
Feeding
Feeding Behavior - psychology
Female
Grandparents
Grandparents - psychology
Homeostasis
Housing
Humans
Intergenerational Relations
Lifestyles
Male
Middle Aged
Negotiating - methods
Negotiation
Obesity
Parent attitudes
Parent-child relations
Parents
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control
Physical activity
Physical fitness
Preschool children
Qualitative Research
Screen-time
Television - statistics & numerical data
Time use
United States
Young Adult
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