Trends in adolescent eating behaviour: A multilevel cross-sectional study of 11-15 year olds in Scotland, 2002-2010

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-531

  Levin, K A ^a,b   Kirby, J ^a   Currie, C ^a   Inchley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

food and nutrition; socioeconomic factors; young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84870202108     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds021     Document Type: Review

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