Pilot evaluation of the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) Food-O-Meter, a computer-tailored nutrition advice for adolescents: A study in six European cities

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1292-1302

  Maes, Lea ^a   Cook, Tina Louisa ^b   Ottovaere, Charlene ^a   Matthijs, Christophe ^a   Moreno, Luis A ^c   Kersting, Mathilde ^d   Papadaki, Alina ^e   Manios, Yannis ^b   Dietrich, Sabine ^f   Hallström, Lena ^g   Haerens, Leen ^a,h   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Vereecken, Carine ^a,h  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Advice; Intervention; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FAT INTAKE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIETARY FATS; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 79960119709     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003563     Document Type: Article

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