Breakfast skipping as a risk correlate of overweight and obesity in school-going ethnic Fijian adolescent girls

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 372-382

  Thompson McCormick, Jonas J ^a   Thomas, Jennifer J ^a,b,c   Bainivualiku, Asenaca ^d   Khan, Nisha A ^e   Becker, Anne E ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Breakfast skipping; Fiji; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 78751531167     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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