Nutritional knowledge, food habits and health attitude of Chinese university students - A cross sectional study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sakamaki, Ruka ^a,b   Toyama, Kenji ^b   Amamoto, Rie ^b   Liu, Chuan Jun ^a   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Seinan Jo Gakuin University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINA; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITION; PARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; THINNESS; UNIVERSITIES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 17844390379     PISSN: 14752891     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-4-4     Document Type: Article

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