The more schools do to promote healthy eating, the healthier the dietary choices by students

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 889-895

  Townsend, Nick ^a   Murphy, Simon ^b   Moore, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; STUDENT; SURVEY; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCHOOL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 80955131896     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.115600     Document Type: Article

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