Healthy dietary habits, body mass index, and predictors among nursing students, northeast Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Osaka, Ryoko ^a   Nanakorn, Somsong ^b   Sanseeha, Ladda ^c   Nagahiro, Chie ^a   Kodama, Naoko ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NURSING STUDENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; THAILAND;

EID: 0033084678     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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