Defining food literacy: A scoping review

Appetite

Volumn 116, Issue , 2017, Pages 365-371

  Truman, Emily ^a   Lane, Daniel ^b   Elliott, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concept; Definition; Food literacy; Health; Nutrition; Population health

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; EMBASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LITERACY; MEDLINE; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; SCOPUS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WEB OF SCIENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85019867140     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.007     Document Type: Article

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