Workforce gender, company size and corporate financial support are predictors of availability of healthy meals in Danish worksite canteens

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2068-2073

  Thorsen, Anne Vibeke ^a   Lassen, Anne Dahl ^a   Andersen, Jens Strodl ^a   Mikkelsen, Bent Egberg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corporate dining; Healthy eating; Nutrition; Worksite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DENMARK; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

DENMARK; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 75149149429     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005692     Document Type: Article

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