Improvement in nutrition-related knowledge and behaviour of urban Asian Indian school children: Findings from the Medical education for children/Adolescents for Realistic prevention of obesity and diabetes and for healthy aGeing (MARG) intervention study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-436

  Shah, Priyali ^a,b   Misra, Anoop ^a,b,c   Gupta, Nidhi ^b,d   Hazra, Daya Kishore ^e   Gupta, Rajeev ^c   Seth, Payal ^f   Agarwal, Anand ^f   Gupta, Arun Kumar ^e   Jain, Arvind ^f   Kulshreshta, Atul ^f   Hazra, Nandita ^f   Khanna, Padmamalika ^e   Gangwar, Prasann Kumar ^f   Bansal, Sunil ^f   Tallikoti, Pooja ^g   Mohan, Indu ^c   Bhargava, Rooma ^c   Sharma, Rekha ^a   Gulati, Seema ^a,b   Bharadwaj, Swati ^a,b   Pandey, Ravindra Mohan ^h   Goel, Kashish ^b,d   more..

^a Diabetes Foundation   (India)

^b Diabetes Foundation India New Delhi   (India)

^c FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^e S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f Agra Diabetes Forum   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^h ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Educational intervention; Knowledge; Nutrition education; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; LIPID DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN DIET; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955506835     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000681     Document Type: Article

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