Canteen purchasing practices of year 1-6 primary school children and association with SES and weight status

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-251

  Finch, Meghan ^a,b   Sutherland, Rachel ^a,b   Harrison, Michelle ^a   Collins, Clare ^b  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; EATING HABIT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33747146145     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00865.x     Document Type: Article

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