Changes in nutritional status in adults over Christmas 1998

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 513-516

  Reid, R ^a   Hackett, A F ^a,b  

^a Ctr for Consum Educ and Research   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Christmas; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033429637     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277X.1999.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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