What's in the lunchbox? Dietary behaviour of learners from disadvantaged schools in the Western Cape, South Africa

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1752-1758

  Abrahams, Zulfa ^a   De Villiers, Anniza ^b   Steyn, Nelia P ^a   Fourie, Jean ^b   Dalais, Lucinda ^a   Hill, Jillian ^b   Draper, Catherine E ^c   Lambert, Estelle V ^c  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breakfast; Dietary diversity score; Food shop; Lunchbox

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84855411691     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001108     Document Type: Article

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