Impact of exposure to local food sources and food preparation skills on nutritional attitudes and food choices among urban minority youth

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 456-471

  Meehan, Maggie ^a   Yeh, Ming Chin ^b   Spark, Arlene ^a  

^a Seniors Nutrition Education   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Food choice; Food knowledge; Food systems; Minority youth; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOKING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PREPARATION QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SOURCE QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 70849099417     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320240802529383     Document Type: Article

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