Impact of a nutrition promotion program on dietary behaviors, dietary intake, and health measures in adults over fifty-five years of age

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Hermann, Janice ^a   Brown, Barbara ^a   Heintz, Starlette ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Starlette Heintz is a dietitian in Loveland   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary behaviors; Dietary intake; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346208981     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v19n03_01     Document Type: Article

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