Profiling rural southern congregate nutrition site participants: Implications for designing effective nutrition education programs

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-70

  McClelland, Jacquelyn W ^a   Bearon, Lucille B ^a   Velazquez, Susan ^a   Fraser, Angela M ^a   Reid, Hailey M ^b   Mustian, R David ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Elderly; Limited resource; Nutrition education; Older adult; Senior

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349112384     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v22n02_05     Document Type: Article

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