Do mothers know best? Parental knowledge, perceptions and roles on the over-nourishment of their children

• Main Author: Cartagena, Roland S.M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Children—Nutrition—Philippines—Zamboanga Peninsula; Nutrition disorders in children—Philippines—Zamboanga Peninsula; Mother and child—Philippines—Zamboanga Peninsula; Medicine and Health
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6507; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/12892/viewcontent/CDTG004452_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This is a descriptive quantitative study aimed to describe parental knowledge, perceptions, practices and roles of selected mothers on the over-nutrition of their children in Zamboanga City. The data of the study were derived from the 60 face-to-face structured interviews with 30 mothers coming from...