Assessing the impact of nutrition education on growth indices of Iranian nomadic children: An application of a modified beliefs, attitudes, subjective-norms and enabling-factors model

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 779-787

  Salehi, Mousa ^a   Kimiagar, S M ^a   Shahbazi, M ^b   Mehrabi, Y ^a   Kolahi, A A ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BASNEF model; Iranian children; Malnutrition; Nutrition education; Qashqa'i tribal people

Indexed keywords

OIL; SUGAR; YOGHURT;

AGE; ARM; ARTICLE; BEAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COOKING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; MALE; MILK; MORPHOMETRICS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKERY; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VEGETABLES;

IRANIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC);

EID: 2542574763     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041099     Document Type: Article

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