Understanding decision-making processes for sugar consumption in adolescence

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 228-232

  Freeman, Ruth ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Decision making; Sugar consumption; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031155393     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00931.x     Document Type: Article

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