Meal patterns and frequencies: Do they affect body weight in children and adolescents?

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Koletzko, Berthold ^a   Toschke, André Michael ^b,c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakfast; Dietary pattern; Food habits; Health behaviour; Meal frequency; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75249105312     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408390903467431     Document Type: Article

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