Focus group interviews with older Australians to explore their awareness of the national age-adjusted dietary recommendations and their suggestions for assisting them to meet these dietary targets

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 182-187

  Brownie, Sonya ^a   Coutts, Rosanne ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ageing; Australia; diet; focus groups

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 84901032267     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY13008     Document Type: Article

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