An examination of sociodemographic, health, psychological factors, and fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight and obese U.S. veterans

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1281-1286

  Ko, Linda K ^a   Allicok, Marlyn ^b   Campbell, Marci K ^a,b   Valle, Carmina G ^b   Armstrong Brown, Janelle ^b   Carr, Carol ^a   Dundon, Margaret ^c   Anthony, Tammy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; VETERAN;

AGED; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; VETERANS;

EID: 80355126284     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00021     Document Type: Article

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