Comparison of methods to evaluate the quality of the Mediterranean diet in a large representative sample of young people in Southern Spain

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1006-1013

  Mariscal Arcas, M ^a   Velasco, J ^a   Monteagudo, C ^a   Caballero Plasencia, M A ^b   Lorenzo Tovar, M L ^a   Olea Serrano, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Concejalia de Salud Excmo Ayuntamiento de Granada ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet quality; Diet Quality Index International (DQI I); Mediterranean Diet Pattern adherence (MDP); Southern Spain; Young people's diet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 78649712615     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2010.25.6.4889     Document Type: Article

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