Infrequent Breakfast Consumption Is Associated with Higher Body Adiposity and Abdominal Obesity in Malaysian School-Aged Adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Nurul Fadhilah, Abdullah ^a   Teo, Pey Sze ^a   Huybrechts, Inge ^b,c   Foo, Leng Huat ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAST FOOD; FAT MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PERCENT BODY FAT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84874766646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059297     Document Type: Article

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