Barriers to healthy eating among Norwegian-Pakistani women participating in a culturally adapted intervention

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5_suppl, 2010, Pages 52-59

  Kjøllesdal, Marte K Råberg ^a   Telle Hjellset, Victoria ^a   Bjørge, Benedikte ^a   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^a   Wandel, Margareta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barriers; culturally adapted intervention; dietary habits; immigrants

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; COOKING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PLANT OILS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79952061771     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810378923     Document Type: Article

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