Dietary fat knowledge and intake of mid-adolescents attending public schools in the Bellville/Durbanville area of the city of cape town

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-83

  Venter, I ^a   Winterbach, A ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent nutrition; Dietary fat intake; Interest in nutrition; Knowledge of dietary fat; Nutrition information

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LIPID DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL CONSENT; SCHOOL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77957945076     PISSN: 16070658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2010.11734285     Document Type: Article

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