Nutrition knowledge and other determinants of food intake and lifestyle habits in children and young adolescents living in a rural area of Sicily, South Italy

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1827-1836

  Grosso, Giuseppe ^a   Mistretta, Antonio ^a   Turconi, Giovanna ^b   Cena, Hellas ^b   Roggi, Carla ^b   Galvano, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Lifestyle; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE; ARTICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAKFAST; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SICILY; SNACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84883378627     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012003965     Document Type: Article

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