Nutritional status of 8-year-old rural and urban Italian children: A study in Pistoia, Tuscany

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 381-387

  Tognarelli, Monica ^a   Picciolli, Paola ^a   Vezzosi, Stefania ^a   Isola, Alda ^a   Moretti, Franca ^a   Tommassetto, Elena ^a   Fantuzzi, Anna Laura ^b   Bedogni, Giorgio ^c,d  

^a Serv de Igiene Alimenti/Nutrizione   (Italy)

^b Modulo Sci dell' Aliment/Dietetica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d Centro Studi Fegato   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 8844276757     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480400002966     Document Type: Article

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