Diet Quality of Preschoolers in Greece Based on the Healthy Eating Index: The GENESIS Study

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 616-623

  Manios, Yannis ^a   Kourlaba, Georgia ^a   Kondaki, Katerina ^a   Grammatikaki, Evangelia ^a   Birbilis, Manolis ^a   Oikonomou, Evdokia ^a   Roma Giannikou, Eleytheria ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; VEGETABLE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 62749098665     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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