Food habits. Changes among young Italians in the last 10years

Appetite

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-29

  Casini, Leonardo ^a   Contini, Caterina ^a   Marone, Enrico ^a   Romano, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food patterns; Generation X; Generation Y; Italy; Latent class clustering; Trends in food habits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH; HUMAN; ITALY; SOCIETY; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877316987     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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