Healthy nutrition environments: concepts and measures.
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چکیده
The authors provide a conceptual model of a healthy nutrition environment, then review the types of measures required to assess various aspects of this environment. Measures fall into priority categories of consumer and community environments.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- American journal of health promotion : AJHP
دوره 19 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005