Relationship between Eating Behavior, Breakfast Consumption, and Obesity Among Finnish and Greek Adolescents

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 417-421

  Veltsista, Alexandra ^a   Laitinen, Jaana ^b   Sovio, Ulla ^c   Roma, Eleftheria ^a   Järvelin, Marjo Ritta ^c,d   Bakoula, Chryssa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78149412909     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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