Food perceptions in terms of health among Norwegian-Pakistani women participating in a culturally adapted intervention

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 475-483

  Råberg Kjøllesdal, Marte Karoline ^a   Hjellset, Victoria Telle ^a   Bjørge, Benedikte ^a   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^a   Wandel, Margareta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Culturally adapted; Food perceptions; Immigrant; Intervention; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80955155461     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0191-y     Document Type: Article

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