Nutrition Research
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 358-363 , June 2008

Fat avoidance and replacement behaviors predict low-fat intake among urban African American adolescents

  • Jennifer Di Noia

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
    • Intersystems Incorporated, Roxbury, CT 06783, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY 10027, USA. Tel.: +1 212 851 2279; fax: +1 212 851 2205.
    • ,
  • Isobel R. Contento

      Affiliations

    • Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
    • ,
  • Steven P. Schinke

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
    • Intersystems Incorporated, Roxbury, CT 06783, USA

Received 28 December 2007 ,Revised 27 February 2008 ,Accepted 11 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.03.005

Nutrition Research
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 358-363 , June 2008

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