A comparison of knowledge and attitudes about diet and health among 35- to 75-year-old adults in the United States and Geneva, Switzerland

This study compared responses of US and Geneva residents to items on analogous questionnaires concerning knowledge and attitudes about diet and health. Comparable data were available from 2 population-based sample surveys: the Cancer Control Supplement of the 1987 National Health Interview Survey an...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2001-03, Vol.91 (3), p.418-424
Main Authors: Girois, SB, Kumanyika, SK, Morabia, A, Mauger, E
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Adult
Age
Aged
Analysis. Health state
Associations
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Body mass index
Cancer
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Chronic illnesses
Comparative studies
Diabetes Mellitus - prevention & control
Diet
Diet, Fat-Restricted
Dietary fiber
Dietary Fiber - administration & dosage
Education
Educational Status
Epidemiology
Female
Food
General aspects
Geneva
Health
Health Education
Health risk assessment
Humans
Knowledge
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Nutrition
Nutritional Requirements
Obesity - prevention & control
Odds Ratio
Overweight
Polls & surveys
Population
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Risk Factors
Switzerland
United States
USA
Variables
Womens health
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subjects Adult
Age
Aged
Analysis. Health state
Associations
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Body mass index
Cancer
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Chronic illnesses
Comparative studies
Diabetes Mellitus - prevention & control
Diet
Diet, Fat-Restricted
Dietary fiber
Dietary Fiber - administration & dosage
Education
Educational Status
Epidemiology
Female
Food
General aspects
Geneva
Health
Health Education
Health risk assessment
Humans
Knowledge
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Nutrition
Nutritional Requirements
Obesity - prevention & control
Odds Ratio
Overweight
Polls & surveys
Population
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Risk Factors
Switzerland
United States
USA
Variables
Womens health
title A comparison of knowledge and attitudes about diet and health among 35- to 75-year-old adults in the United States and Geneva, Switzerland
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