Appealing to vanity: Could potential appearance improvement motivate fruit and vegetable consumption?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-211

  Whitehead, Ross D ^a   Ozakinci, Gozde ^b   Stephen, Ian D ^c   Perrett, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; DIET; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VEGETABLE;

BODY IMAGE; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84857323389     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300405     Document Type: Review

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