The effects of nutrition education and gardening on attitudes, preferences, and knowledge of minority second to fifth graders in the Rio grande valley toward fruit and vegetables

HortTechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-304

  Nolan, Geralyn A ^a   Mcfarland, Amy L ^b   Zajicek, Jayne M ^a   Waliczek, Tina M ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit and vegetable questionnaire; Health; Horticulture; Obesity; Social issues; Type ii diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863215336     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.22.3.299     Document Type: Article

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