Culturally appropriate nutrition lessons increased fruit and vegetable consumption in American Indian children

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-245

  Govula, Chandana ^a   Kattelman, Kendra ^a   Ren, Cuirong ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian children; Culturally appropriate lessons; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Nutrition education; Nutrition knowledge

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PORTION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; VEGETABLE;

EID: 34548297504     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TIN.0000285378.01218.67     Document Type: Article

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