Meal pattern among Norwegian primary-school children and longitudinal associations between meal skipping and weight status

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 286-291

  Stea, Tonje H ^a   Vik, Froydis N ^a   Bere, Elling ^a   Svendsen, Martin V ^b   Oellingrath, Inger M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children; Food habits; Longitudinal; Meal skipping; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NORWAY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEALS; NORWAY; NUTRITION POLICY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84927693515     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001400010X     Document Type: Article

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