Nutrition Label Use Partially Mediates the Relationship between Attitude toward Healthy Eating and Overall Dietary Quality among College Students

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 414-418

  Graham, Dan J ^a   Laska, Melissa N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary quality; Nutrition label; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857783716     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.08.047     Document Type: Article

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