Dietary intakes of Greek urban adolescents do not meet the recommendations

Nutrition Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-26

  Klimis Zacas, Dorothy J ^a   Kalea, Anastasia Z ^a   Yannakoulia, Mary ^b   Matalas, Antonia Leda ^b   Vassilakou, Tonia ^b   Papoutsakis Tsarouhas, Constantina ^b   Yiannakouris, Nikos ^b   Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^b   Passos, Michalis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Diet; Greek; Human; Intake; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; FAT; FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIETARY INTAKE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33846599386     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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