Comparison of nutrition knowledge, dietary attitude and dietary habit in elementary school children with and without nutrition education

Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1427-1434

  Lee, Okhee ^a   Chang, Soon Ok ^b   Park, Min Jung ^a  

^a Yongin University   (South Korea)

^b Suwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Elementary school children; Nutrition education; Unbalanced eating

Indexed keywords

EID: 66449101220     PISSN: 12263311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3746/jkfn.2008.37.11.1427     Document Type: Article

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