Fruit and vegetable intake in Austrian adults: Intake frequency, serving sizes, reasons for and barriers to consumption, and potential for increasing consumption

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 480-487

  Schätzer, Manuel ^a,b   Rust, Petra ^a   Elmadfa, Ibrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Special Institute for Preventive Cardiology and Nutrition   (Austria)

Author keywords

Barriers; Consumption; Fruit; Potential for increasing consumption; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77951229445     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000999142X     Document Type: Article

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