Dietary intake and nutrition-related knowledge in a sample of Lebanese adolescents of contrasting socioeconomic status

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-83

  Nabhani Zeidan, Maya ^a   Naja, Farah ^a   Nasreddine, Lara ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Interventions; Knowledge; Lebanon; Nutrient intake; Socioeconomic status; University

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; CARBOHYDRATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD INTAKE; IRON; KNOWLEDGE; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRITION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEIN; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVEY; VITAMIN;

BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; LEBANON;

EID: 79960176473     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651103200201     Document Type: Article

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