Mediterranean diet adherence in children and adolescents in southern European countries

NFS Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-19

  Grosso, Giuseppe ^a   Galvano, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adherence; Adolescents; Children; Mediterranean diet; Nutrition transition; Southern Europe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOTHER; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; RURAL AREA; SPAIN; TEACHER;

EID: 84963820988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nfs.2016.02.004     Document Type: Review

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