MyPlate Food Model and Family Grocery Shopping with Second and Third Graders are Significant Interventions for the Development of Interactive Health Literacy Skills

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Keywords

MyPlate Food Model, Functional Health Literacy, Interactive Health Literacy, Family Grocery Shopping, Meal Making

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