Academic Performance in Relation to Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Energy Balance Behaviors in Greek Primary Schoolchildren

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 164-170

  Vassiloudis, Ioannis ^a   Yiannakouris, Nikolaos ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Apostolopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Costarelli, Vassiliki ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Children; Energy balance; Mediterranean diet; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 84899989189     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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