Trends of fast food consumption among adolescent and young adult Saudi girls living in Riyadh

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages

  AlFaris, Nora A ^a   Al Tamimi, Jozaa Z ^a   Al Jobair, Moneera O ^a   Al Shwaiyat, Naseem M ^b  

^a PRINCESS NOURAH BINT ABDULRAHMAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Fast food; Restaurants; Saudi Arabia; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; IRON INTAKE; MEAL; PORTION SIZE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SAUDI; SAUDI ARABIA; SODIUM INTAKE; SOFT DRINK; TREND STUDY; VITAMIN INTAKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926163697     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v59.26488     Document Type: Article

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