Fruit and vegetable consumption in a sample of 11-year-old children in ten European countries - The PRO GREENS cross-sectional survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2436-2444

  Lynch, Christel ^a   Kristjansdottir, Asa Gudrun ^b   Te Velde, Saskia J ^c   Lien, Nanna ^d   Roos, Eva ^e,f   Thorsdottir, Inga ^b   Krawinkel, Michael ^g   De Almeida, Maria Daniel Vaz ^h   Papadaki, Angeliki ^i,j   Hlastan Ribic, Cirila ^k   Petrova, Stefka ^l   Ehrenblad, Bettina ^a   Halldorsson, Thorhallur I ^b   Poortvliet, Eric ^a   Yngve, Agneta ^a,m  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^l National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^m ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Children; Europe; Fruit and vegetable consumption

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PORTION SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SCHOOL; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NUTRITION POLICY; PORTION SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; VEGETABLES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84911417006     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014001347     Document Type: Article

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