Food intake, leisure time activities and the prevalence of obesity in schoolchildren in Slovakia

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 192-197

  Vitáriušová, Eva ^a   Babinská, Katarína ^a   Košt'Álová, L'Udmila ^a   Rosinský, Jozef ^b   Hlavatá, Anna ^a   Pribilincová, Zuzana ^a   Babinská Jr , Katarína ^a   Kovács, László ^a  

^a University Children's Hospital ^*  (Slovakia)

^b Regional Office of Public Health   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Children; Food consumption; Leisure time activity; Meal patterns; Obesity; Prevention; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951982429     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3607     Document Type: Article

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