Adolescents in southern regions of Italy adhere to the mediterranean diet more than those in the northern regions

Nutrition Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 771-779

  Noale, Marianna ^a   Nardi, Mariateresa ^b   Limongi, Federica ^a   Siviero, Paola ^a   Caregaro, Lorenza ^c   Crepaldi, Gaetano ^a   Maggi, Stefania ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Eating habits; Italy; Lifestyle; Mediterranean diet score

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRICHOPOULOU MEDITERRANEAN DIET SCALE; VITAMIN INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84921996861     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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