Definitions of 'healthy' eating: A pan-EU survey of consumer attitudes to food, nutrition and health

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Margetts, B M ^a   Martinez, J A ^b   Saba, A ^c   Holm, L ^d   Kearney, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Europe; Healthy eating; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030814217     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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