Mediterranean Diet in Children and Adolescents

The Mediterranean Diet: An Evidence-Based Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 69-80

  Farajian, Paul ^a   Zampelas, Antonis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Blood pressure; Children; Dietary index; Mediterranean diet; Nutritional adequacy; Obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941911137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407849-9.00007-5     Document Type: Chapter

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