Associations between eating meals, watching tv while eating meals and weight status among children, ages 10–12 years in eight european countries: The energy cross-sectional study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Vik, Frøydis N ^a   Bjørnarå, Helga Birgit ^a   Øverby, Nina C ^a   Lien, Nanna ^b   Androutsos, Odysseas ^c   Maes, Lea ^d   Jan, Natasa ^e   Kovacs, Eva ^f   Moreno, Luis A ^g   Dössegger, Alain ^h   Manios, Yannis ^c   Brug, Johannes ⁱ   Bere, Elling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Slovenian Heart Foundation   (Slovenia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^h Federal Office of Sports   (Switzerland)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breakfast; Children; Meals; Never TV at meals; TV viewing; Weight status

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEVISION;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION;

EID: 84898419422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-58     Document Type: Article

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