A study of the dietary intake of Cypriot children and adolescents aged 6-18 years and the association of mother's educational status and children's weight status on adherence to nutritional recommendations

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tornaritis, Michael J ^a,b   Philippou, Elena ^a   Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos ^a   Kourides, Yiannis A ^a   Panayi, Adamos ^a   Savva, Savvas C ^a  

^a Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^b Pedagogical Institute of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Cyprus; Dietary intake; Maternal education; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CYPRUS; DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CYPRUS; DIET; DIET RECORDS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES;

EID: 84892189240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-13     Document Type: Article

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