The impact of nutrition education interventions on the dietary habits of college students in developed nations: A brief review

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-14

  Lin, Lua Pei ^a   Dali, Wan Putri Elena Wan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Education; Intervention studies; Nutrition; Programme effectiveness; Young adult

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECALL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84856041596     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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