Behavioral Change Theories Can Inform the Prediction of Young Adults' Adoption of a Plant-based Diet

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-177

  Wyker, Brett A ^a   Davison, Kirsten K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

health behavior; stages of change; theory of planned behavior; transtheoretical model; vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VEGETARIAN DIET;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951295965     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.03.124     Document Type: Article

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