Pros and cons of proposed interventions to promote healthy eating

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 163-171

  Finkelstein, Eric ^a,e   French, Simone ^b,e   Variyam, Jayachandran N ^c,e   Haines, Pamela S ^d,e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e Partnership Promote Healthy E   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD LABELING; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 4644288020     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2004.06.017     Document Type: Review

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