Development of a school-based intervention to promote fruit and vegetable consumption: Exploring perceptions among 4-to-12-year old children and their parents

Health Education

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 345-356

  Reinaerts, Evelien ^a   De Nooijer, Jascha ^a   Van De Kar, Angélique ^b   De Vries, Nanne ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Regional Health Service GGD Noord en Midden Limburg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Diet; Fruits; Schools; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748701003     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280610701560     Document Type: Article

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