Barriers to healthy nutrition: Perceptions and experiences of Iranian women

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Farahmand, Maryam ^a   Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani ^a   Amiri, Parisa ^b   Azizi, Fereidoun ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Barriers; Healthy nutrition; Non communicable diseases; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84872228448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1064     Document Type: Article

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