Bowel habit, diet and body weight in preadolescent children

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 511-519

  Jennings, A ^a   Davies, G J ^a   Costarelli, V ^b   Dettmar, P W ^c  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c Technostics Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body weight; Bowel habit; Child; Diet

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COLON; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COLON; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; ZINC;

EID: 77956505349     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2009.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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