Meal frequency and childhood obesity

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1932-1938

  Toschke, André M ^a   Küchenhoff, Helmut ^a   Koletzko, Berthold ^b   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Energy metabolism; Epidemiology; Feeding behavior; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644822082     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.238     Document Type: Article

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