School foodservice personnel's struggle with using labels to identify whole-grain foods

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-84

  Chu, Yen Li ^a   Orsted, Mary ^b   Marquart, Len ^b   Reicks, Marla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food labels; School foodservice; Whole grain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CEREAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CEREALS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84855657017     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.03.137     Document Type: Article

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