Does school environment affect 11-year-olds' fruit and vegetable intake in Denmark?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1416-1424

  Krølner, Rikke ^a   Due, Pernille ^b   Rasmussen, Mette ^a   Damsgaard, Mogens Trab ^a   Holstein, Bjørn E ^a   Klepp, Knut Inge ^c   Lynch, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Denmark; Family; Fruit; Parental involvement; School; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STUDENT; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; DENMARK; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETABLES;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 63149096748     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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