Diet, nutritional status and school performance among adolescents in Gaza Strip;Alimentation, état nutritionnel et résultats scolaires chez des adolescents de la Bande de Gaza

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-225

  Abudayya, A ^a   Shi, Z ^a   Abed, Y ^b   Holmboe Ottesen, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT VEGETABLE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PALESTINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 79953244329     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.3.218     Document Type: Article

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