Food choices of 9-17- year olds in Northern Ireland – influences and challenges

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 229-238

  Warwick, Jennifer ^a   Mcilveen, Heather ^a   Strugnell, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Food; Health; Nutrition; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037675     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346659910277669     Document Type: Article

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