Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 41, Issue 5 , Pages 360-364 , September 2009

Fruits and Vegetables at Home: Child and Parent Perceptions

  • Ramona Robinson-O'Brien, PhD, RD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Ramona Robinson-O'Brien, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Nutrition Department, College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University, 37 South College Ave., St. Joseph, MN 56374; Phone: (320) 363-5781; Post Doctoral Fellow, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454; Phone: (612) 625-3404
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  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Peter J. Hannan, MStat

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Teri Burgess-Champoux, PhD, RD, LD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Jess Haines, PhD, MHSc, RD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA

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 This work was completed while the first author was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota. This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and by the National Institutes of Health grant number R21 DK072972 (PI: Neumark-Sztainer). The first author's time was supported by the Adolescent Health Protection Program (School of Nursing, University of Minnesota) grant number T01-DP000112 (PI: Bearinger) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

PII: S1499-4046(08)00784-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.08.003

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 41, Issue 5 , Pages 360-364 , September 2009

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