Life style and nutrition and their impact on health of Saudi school students in Abha, Southwestern region of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-421

  Farghaly, Nadia F ^a   Ghazali, Bothaina M ^a   Al Wabel, Huda M ^a   Sadek, Ali A ^a   Abbag, Fuad I ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; MILK; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SMOKING; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247266748     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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