Dietary habits of Palestinian adolescents and associated sociodemographic characteristics in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron governorates

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1419-1429

  Mikki, Nahed ^a,b   Abdul Rahim, Hanan F ^c   Shi, Zumin ^a   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Nutrition; Palestinian adolescents; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77958589760     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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