Very high childhood obesity prevalence and low adherence rates to the Mediterranean diet in Greek children: The GRECO study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 525-530

  Farajian, Paul ^a   Risvas, Grigoris ^a   Karasouli, Konstantina ^a   Pounis, Georgios D ^a   Kastorini, Christina M ^b   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b   Zampelas, Antonis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Greece; Mediterranean diet; Obesity; Risk factor; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960698671     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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