"I Eat to be Happy, to Be Strong, and to Live." Perceptions of Rural and Urban Adolescents in Cameroon, Africa

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 320-326

  Dapi, Léonie N ^a   Omoloko, Cécile ^b   Janlert, Urban ^a   Dahlgren, Lars ^a   Håglin, Lena ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adolescents; Cameroon; food perceptions; in depth interviews

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; BODY IMAGE; CAMEROON; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35748939068     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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