Favorable Impact of Nutrition Education on California WIC Families

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2010, Pages S2-

  Ritchie, Lorrene D ^a   Whaley, Shannon E ^b   Spector, Phil ^a   Gomez, Judy ^b   Crawford, Patricia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PHFE WIC Program   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior change; dietary intake; fruits; lower fat milk; nutrition education; vegetables; whole grains; WIC; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950608362     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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