The nutritional status and dietary pattern of Chinese adolescents, 1991 and 1993

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 908-916

  Wang, Y ^a   Popkin, B ^a,c   Zhai, F ^b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent nutrition; BMI; China; Dietary intake; Overweight; Stunting; Under nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032429139     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600664     Document Type: Article

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