European adolescents' level of perceived stress and its relationship with body adiposity - The HELENA Study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 519-524

  De Vriendt, Tineke ^a,b   Clays, Els ^a   Maes, Lea ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Vicente Rodriguez, Germàn ^c   Moreno, Luis A ^c   Nagy, Eniko ^d   Molnár, Dénes ^d   Ortega, Francisco B ^e,f   Dietrich, Sabine ^g   Manios, Yannis ^h   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a,i  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^g UNIV KLIN KINDER JUGENDHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^h HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864531889     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr134     Document Type: Article

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