Investigation of dietary intake and obesity status in a pediatric population from Northern Greece

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 526-533

  Papandreou, Dimitrios ^a   Malindretos, Pavlos ^a   Rousso, Israel ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Diet; Greece; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649107291     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650810920114     Document Type: Article

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