Global and regional trends in the nutritional status of young people: a critical and neglected age group

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1393, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-20

  Akseer, Nadia ^a,b   Al Gashm, Sara ^a   Mehta, Seema ^a   Mokdad, Ali ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

adolescent; diet; lifestyle; nutrition; youth

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION; ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; AGE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SURVEY; META ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRITION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018780419     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13336     Document Type: Review

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