Does the transtheoretical model of behavior change provide a useful basis for interventions to promote fruit and vegetable consumption?

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 351-357

  Horwath, Caroline C ^a   Schembre, Susan M ^c,d   Motl, Robert W ^e   Dishman, Rod K ^f   Nigg, Claudio R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption; Longitudinal Study; Prevention Research; Processes of Change; Stage Transitions; Transtheoretical Model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HAWAII; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882356857     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.110516-QUAN-201     Document Type: Article

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