Parenting Styles and Home Obesogenic Environments

Parenting behaviors are known to have a major impact on childhood obesity but it has proven difficult to isolate the specific mechanism of influence. The present study uses Baumrind’s parenting typologies (authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive) to examine associations between parenting styles...

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Main Authors: Michelle Ihmels, Greg Welk, Rachel Johnson, Pedro F. Saint-Maurice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-04-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/9/4/1411/