Increasing vegetable intakes: rationale and systematic review of published interventions

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 869-896

  Appleton, Katherine M ^a   Hemingway, Ann ^a   Saulais, Laure ^b   Dinnella, Caterina ^c   Monteleone, Erminio ^c   Depezay, Laurence ^d   Morizet, David ^d   Armando Perez Cueto, F J ^e   Bevan, Ann ^a   Hartwell, Heather ^f  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut Paul Bocuse   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Bonduelle ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interventions; Published literature; Systematic review; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POPULATION GROUP; PSYCINFO; PUBLISHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FRUIT; HEALTHY DIET;

FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84954136769     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-1130-8     Document Type: Review

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