Increasing fruit and vegetable intake among children: Comparing long-term effects of a free distribution and a multicomponent program

Health Education Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 987-996

  Reinaerts, E ^a   Crutzen, R ^b   Candel, M ^b   De Vries, N K ^a   De Nooijer, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; DIET; DIETARY SERVICES; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 56449120856     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyn027     Document Type: Article

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