Dietary and lifestyle habits amongst adolescents in Bahrain

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^a   Bader, Zahra ^b   Al Roomi, Khaldoon ^c   D'Souza, Reshma ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^c ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^d Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bahrain; Fast foods; Food intake; Lifestyle; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHICKEN MEAT; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LENTIL; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

LENS CULINARIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84863621396     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v55i0.7122     Document Type: Article

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