Ready-meal consumption: Associations with weight status and cooking skills

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-245

  Van Der Horst, Klazine ^a   Brunner, Thomas A ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cooking skills; Overweight; Ready meals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952518066     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010002624     Document Type: Article

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