Promotion of Healthy Eating: Among New Immigrant Women in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 125-129

  Hyman, Ilene ^a   Guruge, Sepali ^b   Makarchuk, Mary Jo ^c   Cameron, Jill ^d   Micevski, Vaska ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MIGRATION; POVERTY; REVIEW;

ADULT; CULTURE; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ONTARIO; POVERTY;

EID: 0036729827     PISSN: 14863847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3148/63.3.2002.125     Document Type: Article

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