Conscripts' attitudes towards health and eating. Changes during the military service and associations with eating

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 718-721

  Jallinoja, Piia ^a   Tuorila, Hely ^b   Ojajärvi, Anni ^c   Bingham, Clarissa ^a   Uutela, Antti ^a   Absetz, Pilvikki ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Finnish Youth Research Network   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Conscripts; Fatty foods; Food habits; Health; Military service; Pleasure; Sweet foods; Young men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PLEASURE; REWARD;

ADOLESCENT; DIETARY FATS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053175278     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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