Doing 'healthier' food in everyday life? A qualitative study of how Pakistani Danes handle nutritional communication

Critical Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-483

  Halkier, Bente ^a   Jensen, Iben ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

communication; everyday life; food; health behaviour; intersectionality; practice theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860792247     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2011.594873     Document Type: Article

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