Healthful eating: Perceptions, motivations, barriers, and promoters in low-income Minnesota communities

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1158-1161

  Eikenberry, Nicole ^a   Smith, Chery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VEGETABLES;

EID: 3042556346     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2004.04.023     Document Type: Article

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