Effect of Greek orthodox Easter holidays on body weight gain

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Hourdakis, M ^a   Papandreou, D ^a   Malindretos, P ^a   Vassilakou, D ^a   Papastergiou, N ^a   Tantsidis, D ^a   Kouvelas, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diet; Greece; Human anatomy; National holidays; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049122010     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346651011015917     Document Type: Article

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