A western dietary pattern is associated with poor academic performance in Australian adolescents

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2961-2982

  Nyaradi, Anett ^a,b   Li, Jianghong ^b,c,d   Hickling, Siobhan ^a   Foster, Jonathan K ^a,b,d,e   Jacques, Angela ^a   Ambrosini, Gina L ^a,b   Oddy, Wendy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Neurosciences Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adolescence; Diet; Raine Study

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; WESTERN DIET; WRITING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; LIFESTYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, WESTERN; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929310860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7042961     Document Type: Article

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