Is the Mediterranean lifestyle still a reality? Evaluation of food consumption and energy expenditure in Italian and Spanish university students

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Baldini, Marta ^a   Pasqui, Francesca ^b   Bordoni, Alessandra ^a   Maranesi, Magda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Energy expenditure; Food consumption; Mediterranean diet; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VEGETABLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62249149561     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002759     Document Type: Article

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