Healthy food intentions and higher socioeconomic status are associated with healthier food choices in an Inuit population

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Mead, E ^a   Gittelsohn, J ^b   Roache, C ^c   Sharma, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Dietary behaviours; Food knowledge; Healthy food intentions; Healthy food self efficacy; Inuit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INUITS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUNAVUT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956482704     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2010.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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