Comparing diet composition and growth of children living in two limitary Greek islands (Samos and Corfu)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1284-1289

  Grammatikopoulou, Maria G ^a   Daskalou, Efstratia ^a   Hatzopoulou, Margarita ^a   Sourtzinou, Loukia ^a   Tsigga, Maria ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Food; Geographical influence; Mediterranean diet; Traditional diet; Z scores

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CARBOHYDRATE; FOLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GREECE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AVITAMINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GREECE; GROWTH; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

SAMIA;

EID: 69749126002     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003972     Document Type: Article

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