Breakfast cereal is associated with a lower prevalence of obesity among 10-12-year-old children: The PANACEA study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 606-612

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Antonogeorgos, George ^a   Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^b   Anthracopoulos, Michael B ^c   Papadopoulos, Marios ^d   Konstantinidou, Maria ^d   Fretzayas, Andrew ^b   Priftis, Kostas N ^d  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breakfast; Cereal; Childhood Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

CEREALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 54049099220     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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