Nutrition and physical activity behaviours among Mäori, Pacific and NZ European children: Identifying opportunities for population-based interventions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-56

  Utter, Jennifer ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a   Schaaf, David ^a   Fitzgerald, Eljon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 33244479668     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00086.x     Document Type: Article

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