A call for culinary skills education in childhood obesity-prevention interventions: Current status and peer influences

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1031-1036

  Nelson, Sarah A ^a   Corbin, Marilyn A ^b   Nickols Richardson, Sharon M ^a  

^a Department of Nutritional Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culinary skills; Obesity; Peer education; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COOKING; CULINARY SKILLS; DIET; DIETETICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER EDUCATION; PEER GROUP; STANDARD;

CULINARY SKILLS; OBESITY; PEER EDUCATION; YOUTH;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; COOKING; DIET; DIETETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84880678945     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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