Knowledge, attitudes and potential response to menu labelling in an urban public health clinic population

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 550-555

  Piron, Jennifer ^a   Smith, Lisa V ^a,b   Simon, Paul ^a,b   Cummings, Patricia L ^c   Kuo, Tony ^c,d  

^a Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Office of Senior Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food choices; Menu labelling; Public health; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951248224     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991303     Document Type: Article

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