Food label use and awareness of nutritional information and recommendations among persons with chronic disease

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1351-1357

  Lewis, John E ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   LeBlanc, William G ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a   Lee, David J ^a   Davila, Evelyn P ^a   Cabán Martinez, Alberto J ^a   Dietz, Noella A ^a   McCollister, Kathryn E ^a   Bandiera, Frank C ^a   Clark Jr , John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD LABELING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350639214     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27684     Document Type: Article

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