Effects of school meals based on the New Nordic Diet on intake of signature foods: A randomised controlled trial. the OPUS School Meal Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 772-779

  Andersen, Rikke ^a   Biltoft Jensen, Anja ^a   Andersen, Elisabeth W ^a   Ege, Majken ^a   Christensen, Tue ^a   Ygil, Karin H ^a   Thorsen, Anne V ^a   Damsgaard, Camilla T ^b   Astrup, Arne ^b   Michaelsen, Kim F ^b   Tetens, Inge ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Nordic foods; School meal intervention; Web based Dietary Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BERRY; CABBAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DANISH CITIZEN; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH MEAL; FISH MEAT; FOOD INTAKE; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGUME; MALE; NEW NORDIC DIET; NORMAL HUMAN; NUT MEAL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PLANT SEED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROOT VEGETABLE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEST MEAL; VALIDATION STUDY; WEB BASED DIETARY ASSESSMENT SOFTWARE FOR CHILDREN; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEAL;

CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84940583017     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515002299     Document Type: Article

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