Using theory of planned behavior to predict healthy eating among Danish adolescents

Health Education

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-17

  Gr⊘nh⊘j, Alice ^a   BechLarsen, Tino ^a   Chan, Kara ^b   Tsang, Lennon ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Behaviour change; Denmark; Diet; Eating; Health; Personal health; Social marketing; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870787814     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281311293600     Document Type: Article

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