Trends in food habits and their relation to socioeconomic status among nordic adolescents 2001/2002-2009/2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Fismen, Anne Siri ^a   Smith, Otto Robert Frans ^b   Torsheim, Torbjørn ^a   Rasmussen, Mette ^c   Pagh, Trine Pedersen ^c   Augustine, Lilly ^d   Ojala, Kristiina ^e   Samdal, Oddrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FAMILY AFFLUENCE SCALE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NORWAY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOFT DRINK; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; VEGETABLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET;

ADOLESCENT; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84959441635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148541     Document Type: Article

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