Is cooking dead? The state of Home Economics Food and Nutrition education in a Canadian province

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 617-624

  Slater, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food literacy; Food skills; Health promotion; Home economics; Nutrition; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885902080     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12042     Document Type: Article

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