A Mediterranean diet is not enough for health: Physical fitness is an important additional contributor to health for the adults of tomorrow

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2007, Pages 114-138

  Castillo Garzon M ^a   Ruiz, J ^b   Ortega, F ^b   Gutierrez Sainz, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BODY COMPOSITION; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 34250212304     PISSN: 00842230     EISSN: 16623975     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000097913     Document Type: Review

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