Associations of diet quality with cognition in children-the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1080-1087

  Haapala, Eero A ^a   Eloranta, Aino Maija ^a   Venäläinen, Taisa ^a   Schwab, Ursula ^a,b   Lindi, Virpi ^a   Lakka, Timo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain; Children; Cognition; Diet; Diet quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA DIET SCORE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY APPROACH TO STOP HYPERTENSION SCORE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; DIET; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84944250351     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515001634     Document Type: Article

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