Does point-of-purchase nutrition labeling influence meal selections? A test in an army cafeteria

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 556-560

  Sproul, Allen D ^a   Canter, Deborah D ^b   Schmidt, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b 113 Justin Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION;

EID: 0037696044     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.7.556     Document Type: Article

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