Fruit and vegetable intake and knowledge increased following a community-based intervention in older adults in Georgia senior centers

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 155-178

  Hendrix, Sara J ^a   Fischer, Joan G ^a   Reddy, Sudha ^c   Lommel, Tiffany Sellers ^a   Speer, Elizabeth M ^a   Stephens, Heather ^b   Park, Sohyun ^a   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Georgia Division of Aging Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruits and vegetables; Intervention; Nutrition; Older adults; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EATING; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GEORGIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 58149328806     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639360802060249     Document Type: Article

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