Eating habits, health attitudes and obesity indices among medical students in northern Greece

Appetite

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 722-725

  Chourdakis, Michael ^a   Tzellos, Thrasivoulos ^a   Papazisis, Georgios ^a   Toulis, Konstantinos ^a   Kouvelas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eating habits; Greece; Health attitudes; Medical students; Obesity indices; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; FAST FOODS; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649446127     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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