Dietary habits and life style among the students of a private Medical University Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 687-690

  Nisar, Nighat ^a   Qadri, Majid Hafeez ^b   Fatima, Kiran ^b   Perveen, Shakeela ^c  

^a JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAIN; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PARENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449094231     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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