Portion size: A qualitative study of consumers' attitudes toward point-of-purchase interventions aimed at portion size

Health Education Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-120

  Vermeer, Willemijn M ^a   Steenhuis, Ingrid H M ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; DIET; EATING; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNICATION; DIET; EATING; EMPLOYMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 75649086461     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp051     Document Type: Article

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