Social and psychological factors affecting eating habits among university students in a Malaysian medical school: A cross-sectional study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ganasegeran, Kurubaran ^a   Al Dubai, Sami A R ^a   Qureshi, Ahmad M ^b   Al Abed, Al Abed A A ^c   Am, Rizal ^c   Aljunid, Syed M ^c,d  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^d United Nations University   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Eating habits; Lifestyle; Malaysia medical students; Social and psychological

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOREDOM; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEAL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NERVOUSNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAKFAST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865013275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-48     Document Type: Article

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