Reconstructing the hospital food environment to address the obesity epidemic

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-243

  Reed, Debra B ^a   Chenault, Heather J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

healthy changes; hospital food; obesity prevention

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETITIAN; EPIDEMIC; FAST FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77955465695     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TIN.0b013e3181ec997e     Document Type: Review

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