Barriers to and motivators for healthful eating as perceived by rural and urban Costa Rican adolescents

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-40

  Monge Rojas, Rafael ^a,e   Garita, Carlos ^b   Sánchez, Marta ^c   Muñoz, Leda ^d  

^a Ministry of Health   (Costa Rica)

^b Costa Rican Social Security Fund ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e PROYECTO EPIDEMIOLÓGICO GUANACASTE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Adolescent nutrition; Eating behavior; Grounded theory; Healthful eating; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; EATING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 14644391501     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60257-1     Document Type: Article

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