Relationship of nutrition knowledge and obesity in adolescence

Family Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 122-127

  Thakur, Netra ^a   D'Amico, Frank ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Family Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033062459     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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