Are South African women willing and able to apply the new Food-Based Dietary Guidelines? Lessons for nutrition educators

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Love, P ^a   Maunder, E M W ^a   Green, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food based dietary guidelines; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGUME; MEAT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASTE PREFERENCE; TIME; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 54449095825     PISSN: 16070658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2008.11734157     Document Type: Article

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