Academic achievement, BMI, and fast food intake of American and Japanese college students

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 555-566

  Kobayashi, Futoshi ^a  

^a Miyazaki International College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet; Fast foods; Japan; Students; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350322178     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650910992213     Document Type: Article

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