Reviewing the meanings of wellness and well-being and their implications for food choice

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 282-286

  McMahon, Anne Therese ^a   Williams, Peter ^a   Tapsell, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

consumers; food choice; nutrition messages; well being; wellness

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649959759     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913910384046     Document Type: Article

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