Behavioral correlates of fruit and vegetable intake in Puerto Rico: Results from the health information national trends survey

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 194-199

  Colón López, Vivian ^a,b   Banerjee, Geetanjoli ^b,c   Gertz, Alida María ^d   Ortiz, Ana Patricia ^a,b   Calo, William ^e   Finney Rutten, Lila J ^f   Colón Ramos, Uriyoán ^g   Hesse, Bradford W ^h   Tortolero, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit and vegetable intake recommendations; HINTS; Nutrition; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PUERTO RICO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84888258837     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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