School gardens: Can a hands-on teaching tool affect students' attitudes and behaviors regarding fruit and vegetables?

HortTechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 593-597

  Lineberger, Sarah E ^a   Zajicek, Jayne M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary schools; Nutrition; Nutrition education; Nutritional attitudes; Nutritional behavior; School lunch program

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034095756     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.10.3.593     Document Type: Article

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