Barriers to Healthy Dietary Choice Amongst Students in Sri Lanka as Perceived by School Principals and Staff
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Townsend, Nick; Williams, Julianne; Wickramasinghe, Kremlin; Karunarathne, Waruni; Olupeliyawa, Asela; Manoharan, Seenithamby; Friel, Sharon
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Sri Lanka has experienced a massive demographic, environmental, economic and social transition in recent decades. Over this period of time the country has undergone rapid urbanization leading to accompanying shifts in lifestyle and it suffers a double burden of under- and over-nutrition. Current programmes in the country focus on improving the dietary behaviour of secondary school students. The purpose of this study was to investigate principal’s perceptions on barriers to healthy dietary...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2015 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/24823 |
Source: | Health Promotion International |
DOI: | 10.1093/heapro/dav056 |
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