Evaluation of dietary habits and assessment of cardiovascular disease risk factors among Greek university students

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-383

  Chourdakis, Michael ^a   Tzellos, Thrasivoulos ^a   Pourzitaki, Chryssa ^a   Toulis, Konstantinos A ^a   Papazisis, George ^a   Kouvelas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

AHA recommendations; Cardiovascular risk; Dietary intake; Greece; University students

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARBOHYDRATE; FOLIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PYRIDOXINE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN E; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959838299     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.05.314     Document Type: Article

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