A longitudinal study of the growth of matched pairs of vegetarian and omnivorous children, aged 7-11 years, in the North-West of England

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-25

  Nathan, I ^a   Hackett, A F ^a,b   Kirby, S ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Sch of Educ and Community Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Growth; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN DIET;

EID: 0031025496     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600354     Document Type: Article

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