Predictors of undergraduates' intention to incorporate glycaemic index into dietary behaviour

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-59

  Goodwin, Robyn E ^a   Mullan, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural intention; Diet; Glycaemic index; Health promotion; Nutrition education; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956226226     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2008.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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