Meal and snacking patterns of school-aged children in Scotland

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1297-1304

  Macdiarmid, J ^a   Loe, J ^a   Craig, L C A ^a,b   Masson, L F ^b   Holmes, B ^c   McNeill, G ^a,b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEAL; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70449529390     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2009.87     Document Type: Article

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