Integrating nutrition education into the cardiovascular curriculum changes eating habits of second-year medical students

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-205

  Vargas, Eric J ^a   Zelis, Robert ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating habits; Medical curriculum; Nutrition education; Personal cardiovascular risk; Rate Your Plate questionnaire

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATE YOUR PLATE QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EATING HABITS; MEDICAL CURRICULUM; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PERSONAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; RATE YOUR PLATE QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84896399547     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: 18764789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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