Testing a Beverage and Fruit/Vegetable Education Intervention in a University Dining Hall

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 457-465.e1

  Scourboutakos, Mary J ^a   Mah, Catherine L ^b,c   Murphy, Sarah A ^a   Mazza, Frank N ^a   Barrett, Nathanael ^d   McFadden, Bill ^d   L'Abbé, Mary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cafeteria; fruit; physical activity calorie equivalent label; sugar sweetened beverages; university students; vegetable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEVERAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016714274     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2017.02.003     Document Type: Article

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