Decreasing the number of small eating occasions (<15 % of total energy intake) regardless of the time of day may be important to improve diet quality but not adiposity: A cross-sectional study in British children and adolescents

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 332-341

  Murakami, Kentaro ^a   Livingstone, M Barbara E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Meal frequency; Snack frequency

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRITISH CITIZEN; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FAST FOOD; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOFT DRINK; SUGAR INTAKE; TIME; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BODY MASS; GREAT BRITAIN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME FACTOR;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SNACKS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84951560499     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515004420     Document Type: Article

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