Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of greek adults towards salt consumption: A hellenic food authority project

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1877-1893

  Marakis, Georgios ^a   Tsigarida, Eirini ^a   Mila, Spyridoula ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b  

^a Directorate of Nutrition Policy and Research   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Salt consumption behaviour; Salt consumption knowledge; Sociodemographic variables

Indexed keywords

SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD LABELING; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84903747465     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002255     Document Type: Article

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