The impact of school gardening on cree children's knowledge and attitudes toward vegetables and fruit

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 133-139

  Hanbazaza, Mahitab A ^a   Triador, Lucila ^a   Ball, Geoff D C ^b   Farmer, Anna ^a   Maximova, Katerina ^a   Nationd, Alexander First ^c   Willows, Noreen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EDUCATION; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; GARDENING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; VEGETABLE;

ALBERTA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; GARDENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SNACKS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84939542037     PISSN: 14863847     EISSN: 22929592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3148/cjdpr-2015-007     Document Type: Article

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