Caught in a 'spiral'. Barriers to healthy eating and dietary health promotion needs from the perspective of unemployed young people and their service providers

Appetite

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-154

  Davison, Jenny ^a   Share, Michelle ^b   Hennessy, Marita ^b   Knox, Barbara Stewart ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food choice; Interview; NEET; Qualitative; Social Cognitive Theory; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY EATING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH FOOD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917705601     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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