Educational, economic and dietary determinants of obesity in Portuguese adults: A cross-sectional study

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-228

  Moreira, Pedro ^a   Padrão, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Determinants; Education; Food choice; Income; Obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAD; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33745713443     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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