Lifestyle constraints, not inadequate nutrition education, cause gap between breakfast ideals and realities among Japanese in Tokyo

Appetite

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-49

  Melby, Melissa K ^a,b   Takeda, Wakako ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breakfast; Japan; Nutrition education; Shokuiku; Time; Westernization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RICE; STANDARD; WORK;

BREAKFAST; JAPAN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; SHOKUIKU; TIME; WESTERNIZATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAKFAST; DIET; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GOALS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; ODDS RATIO; TOKYO; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886245640     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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