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

Karin Eli, Kyndal Howell, Philip A. Fisher and Paulina Nowicka

Social Science & Medicine, 2016, vol. 154, issue C, 28-35

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Children; Feeding; Grandparents; Parents; Physical activity; Obesity; Screen-time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.030

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