Physical activity mediates the protective effect of the Mediterranean diet on children's obesity status: The CYKIDS study

Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Lazarou, Chrystalleni ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Matalas, Antonia Leda ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Diet quality; Mediterranean diet; Nutrition; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CYPRUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 71549124647     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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