Self-Perceived Eating Habits and Food Skills of Canadians

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 486-495.e1

  Slater, Joyce J ^a   Mudryj, Adriana N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Community Health Survey; eating habits; food skills; health surveys

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN; COOKING; DIET; DIFFERENTIATION; EATING HABIT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SKILL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990236269     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.04.397     Document Type: Article

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