The Development of the Nutrition and Activity Knowledge Scale for Use with People with an Intellectual Disability

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Illingworth, Kaye ^a   Moore, Kathleen A ^a   McGillivray, Jane ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Nutrition; Obesity; Physical activity; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842534918     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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