Adherence to mediterranean diet in a sample of tuscan adolescents

Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 1379-1383

  Santomauro, Francesca ^a   Lorini, Chiara ^a   Tanini, Tommaso ^a   Indiani, Laura ^a   Lastrucci, Vieri ^a   Comodo, Nicola ^b   Bonaccorsi, Guglielmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Italy; KIDMED; Mediterranean diet; Nutrition; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAR; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; EATING HABIT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL LIFE; SPORT; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84908135402     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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