Mediterranean diet, overweight and body composition in children from eight European countries: Cross-sectional and prospective results from the IDEFICS study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-213

  Tognon, G ^a   Hebestreit, A ^b   Lanfer, A ^b   Moreno, L A ^c   Pala, V ^d   Siani, A ^e   Tornaritis, M ^f   De Henauw, S ^g   Veidebaum, T ^h   Molnar D ⁱ   Ahrens, W ^b,j   Lissner, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

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

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

BMI; BMI change; Change in adiposity; Childhood obesity; Fat mass; FMDS; Mediterranean diet score; OR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

BMI CHANGE; CHANGE IN ADIPOSITY; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FAT MASS; MEDITERRANEAN DIET SCORE;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84894271380     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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