Effectiveness of offering healthy labelled meals in improving the nutritional quality of lunch meals eaten in a worksite canteen

Appetite

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-134

  Lassen, A D ^a   Beck, A ^b   Leedo, E ^b   Andersen, E W ^a   Christensen, T ^a   Mejborn, H ^a   Thorsen, A V ^a   Tetens, I ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food away from home; Food environment; Health promotion; Nutrition intervention; Nutrition labelling; Plate waste

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FOOD AWAY FROM HOME; FOOD ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; NUTRITION INTERVENTION; NUTRITION LABELLING; PLATE WASTE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EATING; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNCH; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84893380218     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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