Assessment of weight status, dietary habits and beliefs, physical activity, and nutritional knowledge among university students

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 231-244

  Yahia, Najat ^a   Wang, Daniel ^a   Rapley, Melyssa ^a   Dey, Rajarshi ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dietary behaviours; nutritional knowledge; physical activity; university students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION ANALYZER; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MILK; NUTRITION EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976434534     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913915609945     Document Type: Review

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