Observed Mealtime Interactions, Meal Healthfulness, and Childhood Obesity Among Low‐Income Families.
Introduction: Family mealtimes are promoted as a strategy to address childhood obesity; however, the joint associations of different mealtime elements with childhood obesity are not often considered. The current study investigated how mealtime family functioning and the nutritional quality of meals...
| Publicado en: | Pediatric Obesity Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 1 - 9 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2026
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