Scottish men's nutritional knowledge and the Scottish Executive's current dietary targets: They don't match up

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-187

  McPherson, Kerri E ^a   Turnbull, J D ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nutritional knowledge; Obesity; Overweight; Scottish men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 4444336612     PISSN: 01419684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2004.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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