Nutrition education delivered at the state fair: Are your portions in proportion?

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 275-277

  Penisten, Mary Beth ^a   Litchfield, Ruth E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11244280842     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1499-4046(06)60392-8     Document Type: Review

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