Healthy eating perceptions of older adults living in Canadian rural and northern communities

Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-273

  Krahn, Virginia M ^a   Lengyel, Christina O ^a   Hawranik, Pam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Eating perceptions; Food choices; Northern; Older adults; Remote; Rural

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

AGED; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 80051814772     PISSN: 21551197     EISSN: 21551200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2011.591270     Document Type: Article

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