Creating Healthful Home Food Environments: Results of a Study with Participants in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 380-388

  Cullen, Karen Weber ^a   Lara Smalling, Agueda ^a   Thompson, Debbe ^a   Watson, Kathleen B ^a   Reed, Debra ^b   Konzelmann, Karen ^c  

^a CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pearland   (United States)

Author keywords

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP); home food environments; intervention; obesity prevention; parenting skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DIET; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CARE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CURRICULUM; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENU PLANNING; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OBESITY; PARENTING; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 70350502364     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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