Obesity and food choices among faculty andstaff at a large urban university

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-210

  Freedman, Marjorie R ^a   Rubinstein, Rebecca J ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

faculty and staff; food choices; obesity; university

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649855113     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2010.502203     Document Type: Article

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