Responses of older adults to theory-based nutrition newsletters

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 656-664

  Taylor Davis, Stephanie ^a   Smiciklas Wright, Helen ^b   Warland, Rex ^b   Achterberg, Cheryl ^b   Jensen, Gordon L ^d   Sayer, Aline ^c   Shannon, Barbara ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; EDUCATION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; COGNITION; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICALS;

EID: 0034204166     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(00)00193-0     Document Type: Article

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