Barriers to increasing fruit and vegetable intakes in the older population of Northern Ireland: Low levels of liking and low awareness of current recommendations

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 514-521

  Appleton, Katherine M ^a   McGill, Rory ^a   Neville, Charlotte ^a   Woodside, Jayne V ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Fruit and vegetables; Knowledge; Liking; Northern Ireland; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77951221369     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991790     Document Type: Article

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