Fries or a fruit bag? Investigating the nutritional composition of fast food children's meals

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-110

  Wellard, Lyndal ^a   Glasson, Colleen ^a   Chapman, Kathy ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's meals; Fast food; Nutritional composition; Public health

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SODIUM INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 80155154096     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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