Breakfast skipping and its relation to BMI and health-compromising behaviours among Greek adolescents

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-108

  Kapantais, Efthymios ^a   Chala, Eftychia ^a   Kaklamanou, Daphne ^a   Lanaras, Leonidas ^a   Kaklamanou, Myrto ^a   Tzotzas, Themistoklis ^a  

^a Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity (HMAO)   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Breakfast skipping; Greek Epidemiological Study; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251635934     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000765     Document Type: Article

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