Fruit and vegetable intake: Benefits and progress of nutrition education interventions-narrative review article

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1309-1321

  Pem, Dhandevi ^a   Jeewon, Rajesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Benefit and challenges; Body weight; Fruit and vegetable; Nutrition education intervention; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951293759     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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