Missed opportunities for improving nutrition through institutional food: The case for food worker training

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Tsui, Emma K ^a   Deutsch, Jonathan ^b   Patinella, Stefania ^c   Freudenberg, Nicholas ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Children's Aid Society   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; DIET; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; DIET; FOOD SERVICES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84881505346     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301293     Document Type: Article

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