Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and academic performance in youth: the UP&DOWN study

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1133-1140

  Esteban Cornejo, Irene ^a   Izquierdo Gomez, Rocio ^a   Gómez Martínez, Sonia ^b   Padilla Moledo, Carmen ^c   Castro Piñero, Jose ^c   Marcos, Ascensión ^b   Veiga, Oscar L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Children and adolescents; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEAL; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPAIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929430605     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-0927-9     Document Type: Article

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