Validity of cognitive predictors of adolescent sugar snack consumption

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-121

  Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a  

^a Centre for International Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Predictive validity; Sugar consumption; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUGAR INTAKE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

EID: 1642526356     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.28.2.2     Document Type: Article

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