Balancing expectations amidst limitations: The dynamics of food decision-making in rural Kerala Global health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Daivadanam, Meena ^a,b,c   Wahlström, Rolf ^c,d   Thankappan, K R ^a   Ravindran, T K Sundari ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Content analysis; Focus groups; Food decision making; Household; India; Kerala; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936879425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1880-5     Document Type: Article

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