Acculturation and Gender: Influence on Healthy Dietary Outcomes for Latino Adolescents in California

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 319-326

  Diaz, Heather ^a   Marshak, Helen Hopp ^b   Montgomery, Susanne ^b   Rea, Brenda ^b   Backman, Desiree ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sacramento Tree Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; adolescent; diet; Latino(s); Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69149108830     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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