Health literacy, self-efficacy, food label use, and diet in young adults

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 331-339

  Cha, Eun Seok ^a   Kim, Kevin H ^b   Lerner, Hannah M ^a   Dawkins, Colleen R ^a   Bello, Morenike K ^c   Umpierrez, Guillermo ^d   Dunbar, Sandra B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary quality; Food label; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892594971     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.38.3.2     Document Type: Article

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