Cooking, Healthy Eating, Fitness and Fun (CHEFFs): Qualitative evaluation of a nutrition education program for children living at urban family homeless shelters

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages

  Rodriguez, Jacqueline ^a   Applebaum, Jo ^a   Stephenson Hunter, Cara ^a   Tinio, Andrea ^a   Shapiro, Alan ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COOKING; DIET; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKING; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84888227100     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301558     Document Type: Article

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