Food pantries can provide nutritionally adequate food packets but need help to become effective referral units for public assistance programs

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1126-1128

  Greger, J L ^a,c   Maly, Alisha ^a   Jensen, Nicole ^b   Kuhn, Julie ^a   Monson, Kari ^a   Stocks, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CARE; STANDARDIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0036675093     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90249-X     Document Type: Article

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