Associations between Meal and Snack Frequency and Diet Quality in US Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2012

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1101-1113

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet quality; Meal frequency; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); Nutrient intake; Snack frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECALL; SELF REPORT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEAL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEALS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SNACKS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956616393     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.12.012     Document Type: Article

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