Consumer perceptions of fruit and vegetables serving sizes

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 637-643

  Pollard, Christina M ^a   Daly, Alison M ^b   Binns, Colin W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fruit; Serving size; Social marketing; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONSUMER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PORTION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; VEGETABLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650403671     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002607     Document Type: Article

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