Using mass media to promote healthy eating: A community-based demonstration project

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 414-421

  Reger, Bill ^a   Wootan, Margo G ^b   Booth Butterfield, Steven ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Science in the Public Interest   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Diet; Food habits; Health behavior; Health education; Mass media; Milk; Nutrition; Primary prevention; Public relations

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032703868     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0570     Document Type: Article

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