Associations between meal and snack frequency and overweight and abdominal obesity in US children and adolescents from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2012

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1819-1829

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meal frequency; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Obesity; Snack frequency

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; SELF REPORT; TREND STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RECALL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; MENTAL RECALL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SNACKS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961390778     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114516000854     Document Type: Article

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