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There is a limited long-term success of education-based strategies in changing behavior due to a lack of supporting environmental modifications.
Practitioners should integrate environmental modifications with education-based strategies for better outcomes.
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Education-based strategies have met with limited long-term success in changing behavior: however, perhaps owing to a general lack of supporting environmental modifications.
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Environmental and Societal Factors Affect Food Choice and Physical Activity: Rationale, Influences, and Leverage Points
Sarah L. Booth et al. · Nutrition Reviews · 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2001.tb06983.x
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