Associations of breakfast skipping with obesity and health-related quality of life: Evidence from a national survey in Taiwan

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 720-725

  Huang, C J ^a,b,c   Hu, H T ^d,e   Fan, Y C ^a   Liao, Y M ^d   Tsai, P S ^d,e,f  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breakfast skipping; Health related habitual behaviors; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BETEL NUT; BODY MASS; BREAKFAST SKIPPING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASTICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TAIWAN; ADOLESCENT; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

PIPER BETEL;

EID: 77950865223     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.285     Document Type: Article

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