Examination of the health-belief model to predict the dietary quality and body mass of adults

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-194

  Sapp, Stephen G ^a   Weng, Chih Yuan ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Dietary quality; Health belief model; Nutrition knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249148754     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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