Lifestyle and socioeconomic correlates of breakfast skipping in Hong Kong primary 4 schoolchildren

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 250-253

  Tin, Sze Pui Pamela ^a   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Mak, Kwok Hang ^b   Wan, Ka Leung ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breakfast; Children; Food habits; Hong kong; Life style

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAL; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952739375     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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