Young adults’ consideration of their food choices a propos consequences for their future health

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 475-483

  Fisher, Hennie ^a   Erasmus, Alet C ^a   Viljoen, Annemarie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Consequences of eating habits; food and future health; food and nutrition; obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962592813     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcs.12273     Document Type: Article

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