Lunchbox contents of Australian school children: Room for improvement

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1310-1316

  Sanigorski, Andrea M ^a   Bell, A C ^a   Kremer, P J ^a   Swinburn, B A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Child; Energy intake; Enviroment; School health

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGE; BREAD; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27844603933     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602244     Document Type: Article

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