Food Label Use and Its Relation to Dietary Intake among US Adults

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1233-1237

  Ollberding, Nicholas Jay ^a   Wolf, Randi L ^a   Contento, Isobel ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; DECISION MAKING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; RECALL; STANDARD; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955042648     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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