Nutrition knowledge, attitude, and behavior of Taiwanese elementary school children

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 534-546

  Lin, Wei ^a   Yang, Hsiao Chi ^b   Hang, Chi Ming ^b   Pan, Wen Harn ^c,d  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dietary quality; Elementary school children; Nutrition attitude; Nutrition behaviour; Nutrition knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TAIWAN; VEGETABLE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TAIWAN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 35448956876     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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