Diet quality is independently associated with weight status in children aged 9-10 years

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-459

  Jennings, Amy ^a   Welch, Ailsa ^a   Van Sluijs, Esther M F ^b   Griffin, Simon J ^b   Cassidy, Aedín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 79951994268     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.131441     Document Type: Article

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