Knowledge and barriers relating to fish consumption in older Australians

Appetite

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 456-463

  Grieger, Jessica A ^a   Miller, Michelle ^a   Cobiac, Lynne ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult Australians; Barriers; Fish intake; Knowledge; Survey

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANNED FOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINFISH; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SEA FOOD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH PRODUCTS; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEALS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84863708137     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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