Communicating dietary guidelines for Americans: Room for improvement

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 793-797

  Geiger, Constance J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Geiger and Associates   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; DIET; DIETETICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NUTRITION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; AWARENESS; DIET; DIETETICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINES; HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035406272     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(01)00197-3     Document Type: Article

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