Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Preschoolers: Evaluation of Color Me Healthy

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-113

  Witt, Kendra E ^a   Dunn, Carolyn ^b  

^a Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Child care; Fruit; Nutrition education; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VEGETABLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84857405843     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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