Television habits in relation to overweight, diet and taste preferences in European children: The IDEFICS study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 705-715

  Lissner, Lauren ^a   Lanfer, Anne ^b   Gwozdz, Wencke ^c   Olafsdottir, Steingerdur ^a   Eiben, Gabriele ^a   Moreno, Luis A ^d   Santaliestra Pasías, Alba M ^d   Kovács, Éva ^e   Barba, Gianvincenzo ^f   Loit, Helle Mai ^g   Kourides, Yiannis ^h   Pala, Valeria ⁱ   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^b   De Henauw, Stefaan ^j   Buchecker, Kirsten ^k   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^b   Reisch, Lucia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^h Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k Department of Food Science   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Childhood overweight; Diet; Taste preference; Television

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TASTE PREFERENCE; TELEVISION VIEWING;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; TELEVISION;

EID: 84871317605     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9718-2     Document Type: Article

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