A Point-of-Purchase Intervention Featuring In-Person Supermarket Education Affects Healthful Food Purchases

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-232

  Milliron, Brandy Joe ^a   Woolf, Kathleen ^b   Appelhans, Bradley M ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Health behavior; Health education; Health promotion; Intervention studies; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIET; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84860371367     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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