Sugar and fat intake among children in Scotland: What is needed to reach the dietary targets?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1286-1294

  McNeill, Geraldine ^a,b   Masson, Lindsey F ^a   Craig, Leone C A ^a,b   MacDiarmid, Jennie I ^b   Holmes, Bridget A ^c   Nelson, Michael ^c   Sheehy, Christine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Scottish Centre for Social Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Fat; Intake; Scotland; Sugar

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; SUGAR INTAKE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957223715     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009992175     Document Type: Article

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