Finnish adolescents' attitudes towards wholegrain bread and healthiness

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1538-1544

  Pohjanheimo, Terhi ^a   Luomala, Harri ^b   Tahvonena, Raija ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Consumer; Focus group; Health interest; Wholegrain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; BREAD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLANT SEED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RYE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TASTE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAD; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SATIETY RESPONSE; SECALE CEREALE; SEEDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TASTE;

SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 77954364616     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3982     Document Type: Article

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