Comparison of dietary self-efficacy and behavior among American-born and foreign-born Chinese adolescents residing in New York City and Chinese adolescents in Guangzhou, China

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-133

  Sun, Wei Yue ^a   Wu, John Su ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Diet; Dietary habits

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 1842333251     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1997.10718662     Document Type: Article

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