A tool for assessing healthy food knowledge in 5-6-year-old Australian children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1177-1183

  Zarnowiecki, Dorota ^a   Dollman, James ^a   Sinn, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nutrition knowledge; Survey design; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79960111246     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003721     Document Type: Article

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