Use of food nutrition labels is associated with lower fat intake

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Neuhouser, Marian L ^a   Kristal, Alan R ^a   Patterson, Ruth E ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; NUTRITION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6544291614     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(99)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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