Perceptions of nursery staff and parent views of healthy eating promotion in preschool settings: an exploratory qualitative study
Abstract Background In the UK just over a fifth of all children start school overweight or obese and overweight 2–5 year olds are at least 4 times more likely to become overweight adults. This can lead to serious future health problems. The WHO have recently highlighted the preschool years as a crit...
Main Authors: | Lorraine A. McSweeney, Tim Rapley, Carolyn D. Summerbell, Catherine A. Haighton, Ashley J. Adamson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-08-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3507-x |
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