Health literacy is associated with healthy eating index scores and sugar-sweetened beverage intake: Findings from the rural lower mississippi delta

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1012-1020

  Zoellner, Jamie ^a   You, Wen ^a   Connell, Carol ^b   Smith Ray, Renae L ^c   Allen, Kacie ^a   Tucker, Katherine L ^d   Davy, Brenda M ^a   Estabrooks, Paul ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CATERING SERVICE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARKANSAS; BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUCROSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INCOME; LOUISIANA; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79959507495     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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