Knowledge, barriers, and benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption and lay conceptions of nutrition among rural and semi-urban Black South Africans

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 976-982

  Peltzer, Karl ^a   Promtussananon, Supa ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 4243137163     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3.976-982     Document Type: Article

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