Media use as a reason for meal skipping and fast eating in secondary school children

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-100

  Van den Bulck, Jan ^a   Eggermont, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Eating habits; Family dinner; Mass media; Skip meals; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; COMPUTERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; ODDS RATIO; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 33644976645     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2006.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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