Greater Mediterranean diet adherence is observed in Dutch compared with Greek university students

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 534-540

  Van Diepen, S ^a   Scholten, A M ^a   Korobili, C ^b   Kyrli, D ^b   Tsigga, M ^b   Van Dieijen, T ^a   Kotzamanidis, C ^b   Grammatikopoulou, M G ^b  

^a AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Body fat; Fat mass index; Greece; Netherlands; Nutrition; Obesity; Overweight; Traditional diet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GREECE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREECE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 79959528024     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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