Adolescent dietary patterns in Fiji and their relationships with standardized body mass index

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wate, Jillian T ^a,b   Snowdon, Wendy ^a,b   Millar, Lynne ^a   Nichols, Melanie ^a,c   Mavoa, Helen ^a   Goundar, Ramneek ^a,b   Kama, Ateca ^d   Swinburn, Boyd ^a,e  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d National Food and Nutrition Centre   (Fiji)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dietary patterns; Overweight and obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FIJI; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SALT INTAKE; SEX RATIO; SUGAR INTAKE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FIJI; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; OBESITY; POPULATION GROUPS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84875876875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-45     Document Type: Article

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