Food insecurity, weight control practices and body mass index in adolescents

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 570-574

  Gulliford, Martin C ^a   Nunes, Cheryl ^b   Rocke, Brian ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Food insecurity; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; EXERCISE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 33846818563     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005886     Document Type: Article

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