Can Ethnic Background Differences in Children's Body Composition Be Explained by Differences in Energy Balance-Related Behaviors? A Mediation Analysis within the Energy-Project

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Fernández Alvira, Juan Miguel ^a,b   te Velde, Saskia J ^a   Jiménez Pavón, David ^b   Manios, Yannis ^c   Singh, Amika ^a   Moreno, Luis A ^b   Brug, Johannes ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORT; SUGAR INTAKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84881580377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071848     Document Type: Article

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