The cross-sectional association between snacking behaviour and measures of adiposity: The Fenland Study, UK

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1286-1293

  O'Connor, Laura ^a   Brage, Soren ^a   Griffin, Simon J ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a   Forouhi, Nita G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body composition; Eating patterns; Obesity; Snacking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ENERGY EXPENDITURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; DIET; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETABLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84944176909     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451500269X     Document Type: Article

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