Food choice and meal consumption pattern among undergraduate students in two universities in Southwestern Nigeria

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 233-245

  Otemuyiwa, Israel O ^a   Adewusi, Steve R A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

consumption pattern; Food choice; food groups; Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMPTION PATTERN; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD CHOICE; FOOD GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE (RDA); SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

CONSUMPTION PATTERN; FOOD CHOICE; FOOD GROUPS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE (RDA);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; NIGERIA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905190591     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: 2047945X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0260106013510994     Document Type: Article

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