Associations between Lifestyle Patterns and Body Mass Index in a Sample of Greek Children and Adolescents

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-221

  Kontogianni, Meropi D ^a   Farmaki, Anastasia Eleni ^a   Vidra, Nikoletta ^a   Sofrona, Stavroula ^a   Magkanari, Flora ^a   Yannakoulia, Mary ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 74549221517     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.10.035     Document Type: Article

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