Some nutritional strategies for healthy weight management in adolescent ballet dancers

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 117-119

  Snell, Elizabeth L ^a,b  

^a Snell Assoc Nutr Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^b National Ballet School   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLET DANCER; BODY WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031706450     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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