Towards an understanding of young people's conceptualisation of food and eating

Health Education Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 340-349

  Watt, Richard G ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001334428     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001789699705600403     Document Type: Article

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