Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Nutrition Behaviors: Targeted Interventions Needed

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-16

  Fahlman, Mariane M ^a   McCaughtry, Nate ^a   Martin, Jeffrey ^a   Shen, Bo ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent nutrition; self efficacy; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 72149092400     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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