The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 3 , Pages 330-335.e1 , September 2006

Maternal prompts to eat, child compliance, and mother and child weight status

  • Julie C. Lumeng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Julie C. Lumeng, Center for Human Growth and Development, 300 North Ingalls Building, 10th Floor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0406
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  • Lori M. Burke, BS

Received 17 November 2005 ,Revised 19 January 2006 ,Accepted 5 April 2006.

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 The American Heart Association had no role in (1) the study design; (2) the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; (3) the writing of the report; or (4) the decision to submit the paper for publication. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Dr Lumeng, and no form of payment was given to anyone to produce this manuscript.Supported by the American Heart Association Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award 0275040N to Dr Lumeng and in part by K24 HD 042489 to Dr Bauchner.

PII: S0022-3476(06)00308-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.04.009

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 3 , Pages 330-335.e1 , September 2006

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