Design and development of an instrument to measure overall lifestyle habits for epidemiological research: The Mediterranean Lifestyle (MEDLIFE) index

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 959-967

  Sotos Prieto, Mercedes ^a,b   Moreno Franco, Belén ^c   Ordovás, Jose M ^a,d   León, Montse ^e   Casasnovas, Jose A ^e   Peñalvo, Jose L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^b International SHE Foundation   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet index; Diet quality; Lifestyle; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REST; SPAIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84924528208     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014001360     Document Type: Article

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