Dietary habits of young people attending secondary schools serving a multiethnic, inner-city community in the UK

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 976, 2007, Pages 115-119

  Stone, Margaret A ^a   Bankart, John ^a   Sinfield, Paul ^a   Talbot, Diane ^b   Farooqi, Azhar ^c   Davies, Melanie J ^d   Khunti, Kamlesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Leicestershire Dietetic and Nutrition Service   (United Kingdom)

^c East Leicester Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIET SURVEYS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847420429     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.050864     Document Type: Article

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