Outcomes of nutrition knowledge and healthy food choices in 5- to 6-year-old children who received a nutrition intervention based on Piaget's theory

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-279

  Başkale, Hatice ^a   Bahar, Zuhal ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Experimental; Nursing; Nutrition education; Piaget's cognitive development theory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTHERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80053209357     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2011.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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