Nutritional lifestyle of rural and urban people of Kaduna state, Nigeria: Mitigation via educational intervention

Asian Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-183

  Shehu, R A ^a   Onasanya, S A ^a   Ursula, N ^b   Kinta, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c Federal College of Education   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Educational intervention; Kaduna state; Natural food; Nutritional lifestyle; Refined foods; Urban people

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956159326     PISSN: 19921454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajsr.2010.178.183     Document Type: Article

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