Is cooking at home associated with better diet quality or weight-loss intention?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1397-1406

  Wolfson, Julia A ^a   Bleich, Sara N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Diet quality; Home cooking frequency; Weight loss intention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEALS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927760978     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014001943     Document Type: Review

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