Expanding the theory of planned behavior to predict healthy eating behaviors: Exploring a healthy eater identity

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-53

  Brouwer, Amanda M ^a   Mosack, Katie E ^b  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Healthy eating; Identity; Self; Theory of planned behavior; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922308876     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: 17586917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/NFS-06-2014-0055     Document Type: Article

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