Exploring nutrition knowledge and the demographic variation in knowledge levels in an Australian community sample

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1365-1371

  Hendrie, Gillian Anne ^a,b   Coveney, John ^a   Cox, David ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian; Demographics; Nutrition knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY FIBER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049100717     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003042     Document Type: Article

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