Snack frequency: Associations with healthy and unhealthy food choices

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1487-1496

  Hartmann, Christina ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a   Van Der Horst, Klazine ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BMI; Food choices; Health consciousness; Lifestyle factors; Snack frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880070842     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012003771     Document Type: Article

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