The Nuances of Health Literacy, Nutrition Literacy, and Food Literacy

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 385-389.e1

  Velardo, Stefania ^a,b  

^a School of Education   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food; Health education; Health literacy; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; RESEARCH;

FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; RESEARCH;

EID: 84955725516     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2015.04.328     Document Type: Article

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