Associations between food variety and body fatness in hong kong chinese adults

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 404-413

  Sea, Mandy Man Mei ^a   Woo, Jean ^a   Tong, Peter Chun Yip ^a   Chow, Chun Chung ^a   Chan, Juliana Chun Ngan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Food variety; Grain; Meat; Obesity; Snack

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CALORIC INTAKE; CHINA; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHINA; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 16644376122     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2004.10719385     Document Type: Article

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