Stress and dietary behaviour among first-year university students in Australia: Sex differences

Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 324-330

  Papier, Keren ^a,b   Ahmed, Faruk ^c   Lee, Patricia ^c   Wiseman, Juliet ^c  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dietary pattern; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEA FOOD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; STRESS ASSESMENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VEGETABLE; ADOLESCENT; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; FAST FOOD; GHANA; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGES; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GHANA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920920787     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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