Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviours according to ethnic background among adolescents in seven countries in Europe: The ENERGY-project

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 399-411

  Brug, J ^a   Van Stralen, M M ^a   M ChinAPaw, M J ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, I ^b   Lien, N ^c   Bere, E ^d   Singh, A S ^a   Maes, L ^b   Moreno, L ^e   Jan, N ^f   Kovacs, E ^g   Lobstein, T ^h   Manios, Y ⁱ   Te Velde, S J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f Slovenian Heart Foundation   (Slovenia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^h IASO   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Overweight; Schoolchildren; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAKFAST; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84867304342     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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