Nutritional status and eating practices among university students in selected universities in Selangor, Malaysia

Asian Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 77-87

  Abdull Hakim, Nor Hazwani ^a   Muniandy, N D ^a   Danish, Ajau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Eating practices; Nutritional status; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865559678     PISSN: 19921470     EISSN: 20772033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajcn.2012.77.87     Document Type: Article

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