Eating habits in relations to anxiety symptoms among apparently healthy adults. A pattern analysis from the ATTICA Study

Appetite

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 519-525

  Yannakoulia, Mary ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Tsetsekou, Efi ^b   Fappa, Evaggelia ^a   Papageorgiou, Charalabos ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Anxiety; Coffee; Dietary patterns analysis; Eating patterns; High fat foods; Sweets consumption

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CEREAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GREECE; HUMAN; LEGUME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RED MEAT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 50349087042     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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