Relationship between attitudes towards healthy eating and dietary behaviour, lifestyle and demographic factors in a representative sample of Irish adults

Appetite

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Hearty, A P ^a   McCarthy, S N ^a   Kearney, J M ^b   Gibney, M J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dietary behaviour; Health behaviour; Ireland; Motivation; Socio demographics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEVERAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIET RECORDS; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 37349120974     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.03.329     Document Type: Article

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