Consumption of sugar products and associated life- and school-satisfaction and self-esteem factors among schoolchildren in Kuwait

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-88

  Honkala, Sisko ^a   Honkala, Eino ^a   Al Sahli, Nameer ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Life satisfaction; School satisfaction; Self esteem; Sugar consumption

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33645149002     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350500420048     Document Type: Review

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