Estimation of typical food portion sizes for children of different ages in Great Britain

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1344-1353

  Wrieden, Wendy L ^a   Longbottom, Patricia J ^a   Adamson, Ashley J ^b   Ogston, Simon A ^c   Payne, Anne ^d   Haleem, Mohammad A ^a   Barton, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Food portion sizes; UK

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MILK; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PORTION SIZE; PREDICTION; TEA; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN INTAKE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ASCORBIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMINS;

EID: 45549101817     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507868516     Document Type: Article

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