Nutritional status of Tunisian adolescents: Associated gender, environmental and socio-economic factors

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1306-1317

  Aounallah Skhiri, Hajer ^a,b   Romdhane, Habiba Ben ^a   Traissac, Pierre ^c   Eymard Duvernay, Sabrina ^c   Delpeuch, Francis ^c   Achour, Noureddine ^a   Maire, Bernard ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Tunisia)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; North Africa; Obesity; Overweight; Underweight; Youth

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUNISIA; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049125971     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002693     Document Type: Article

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