Green and amber foods: The nutritional content of food and beverages registered for sale in New South Wales school canteens with Healthy Kids Association

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-118

  Innes Hughes, Christine ^a   Hebden, Lana ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Grunseit, Anne ^a   Bolger, Grace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Healthy Kids Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Environment; Food composition; School canteens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861924368     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2012.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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