Do attitudes, intentions and actions of school food coordinators regarding public organic food procurement policy improve the eating environment at school? Results from the iPOPY study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1299-1307

  He, Chen ^a   Perez Cueto, Federico J A ^a   Mikkelsen, Bent E ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Healthy eating; Organic food; Procurement; School food policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DIET; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; FINLAND; FOOD QUALITY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LEARNING; MEAL; ORGANIC FOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DIET; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; FINLAND; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, ORGANIC; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; ITALY; LEARNING; MEALS; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84903118445     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001511     Document Type: Article

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