Barriers and benefits of a healthy diet in Spain: Comparison with other European member states

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 453-459

  Holgado, B ^a   De Irala Estevez J ^a   Martinez Gonzalez M A ^a,c   Gibney, M ^d   Kearney, J ^b   Martinez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes; Barriers; Beliefs; Benefits; Diet; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0343134053     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600996     Document Type: Article

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