A traffic-light label intervention and dietary choices in college cafeterias

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1808-1814

  Seward, Michael W ^a   Block, Jason P ^b   Chatterjee, Avik ^c  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSACHUSETTS; NUTRIENT; PERCEPTION; STUDENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY; CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987942189     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303301     Document Type: Article

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