Adolescents' food habits and nutritional status in urban and rural areas in Cameroon, Africa'

Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition/Naringsforskning

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 151-158

  Dapi, Léonie Nzefa ^a   Nouedoui, Christophe ^b   Janlert, Urban ^a   Håglin, Lena ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arm muscle area; Body mass index; Cameroon; Food frequency; Waist hip

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

EID: 28844440120     PISSN: 11026480     EISSN: 16512359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11026480500437554     Document Type: Article

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