Characterizing lunch meals served and consumed by pre-school children in Head Start

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2169-2177

  Nicklas, Theresa A ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Stuff, Janice E ^a   Fisher, Jennifer O ^b   Mendoza, Jason A ^a   O'Neil, Carol E ^c  

^a CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head Start; Lunch meals; Meal consumption; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; PORTION SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LUNCH; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PORTION SIZE; SCHOOLS; TEXAS;

EID: 84892173483     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001377     Document Type: Article

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