Evaluation of a nutrition intervention in adolescents of an urban area in Greece: Short- and long-term effects of the VYRONAS study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 712-719

  Mihas, Constantinos ^a   Mariolis, Anargiros ^b   Manios, Yannis ^c   Naska, Androniki ^d   Arapaki, Angeliki ^b   Mariolis Sapsakos, Theodoros ^b   Tountas, Yannis ^d  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Greece)

^b Health Centre of Vyronas   (Greece)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Intervention; Nutrition; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954213945     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991625     Document Type: Article

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