A high eating frequency is associated with an overall healthy lifestyle in middle-aged men and women and reduced likelihood of general and central obesity in men

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1065-1073

  Holmbäck, Isabel ^a   Ericson, Ulrika ^a   Gullberg, Bo ^a   Wirflt, Elisabet ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMI; Diet quality; Eating frequency; Lifestyle; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TIME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957925191     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510001753     Document Type: Article

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