The publics' understanding of daily caloric recommendations and their perceptions of calorie posting in chain restaurants

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bleich, Sara N ^a   Pollack, Keshia M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950203769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-121     Document Type: Article

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