Perceptions of Healthful Eating and Influences on the Food Choices of Appalachian Youth

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-153

  Swanson, Mark ^a   Schoenberg, Nancy E ^a,b   Davis, Rian ^a,b   Wright, Sherry ^c   Dollarhide, Kaye ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Faith Moves Mountains   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Appalachia; Children; Dietary perceptions; Food choice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; APPALACHIAN REGION; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84875265406     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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