Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Focus group studies on food safety knowledge, perceptions, and practices of school-going adolescent girls in South India.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To understand food safety knowledge, perceptions, and practices of adolescent girls. DESIGN: Focus group discussions (FGDs) with 32 groups selected using stratified random sampling. SETTING: Four South Indian states. PARTICIPANTS: ... Read more...

Breakfast consumption in adolescence and young adulthood: parental presence, community context, and obesity.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Breakfast consumption is often examined when researching adolescent dietary intakes and overall health. However, fewer studies have examined the relationship between breakfast and obesity, particularly over time and in relation to weight ... Read more...

Change in diet, physical activity, and body weight among young-adults during the transition from high school to college.

20 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The freshmen year of college is likely a critical period for risk of weight gain among young-adults. METHODS: A longitudinal observational study was conducted to examine changes in weight, dietary intake, and other health-related ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Focus group studies on food safety knowledge, perceptions, and practices of school-going adolescent girls in South India. 30 Aug 2009
• Vegetarian diets and disordered eating. 30 Aug 2009
• Breakfast consumption in adolescence and young adulthood: parental presence, community context, and obesity. 30 Jul 2009
• Change in diet, physical activity, and body weight among young-adults during the transition from high school to college. 20 Jul 2009
• Early intervention may prevent adolescent, adult obesity. 29 Jun 2009
• A Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program improves high school students' consumption of fresh produce. 29 Jun 2009
• Developmental perspectives on nutrition and obesity from gestation to adolescence. 13 Jun 2009
• The association between dietary patterns and mental health in early adolescence. 21 May 2009
• Dietary choices of urban minority high school students. 29 Apr 2009
• Evaluating the relationship between breakfast pattern and short-term memory in junior high school girls. 29 Apr 2009
• Socioeconomic status, youth's eating patterns and meals consumed away from home. 29 Apr 2009
• Competitive foods in schools: availability and purchasing in predominately rural small and large high schools. 29 Apr 2009
• Vitamin D: are children and adolescents at risk for deficiency? 29 Apr 2009
• Sociodemographic differences in selected eating practices among alternative high school students. 29 Apr 2009
• Nutritional status of adolescent girls from an urban slum area in South India. 21 Apr 2009
• Differences in fruit and vegetable exposure and preferences among adolescents receiving free fruit and vegetable snacks at school. 9 Apr 2009
• A brief dietary screener: appropriate for overweight Latino adolescents? 30 Mar 2009
• Adolescent and young adult vegetarianism: better dietary intake and weight outcomes but increased risk of disordered eating behaviors. 30 Mar 2009
• Development and evaluation of a brief screener to estimate fast-food and beverage consumption among adolescents. 30 Mar 2009
• [Why fast food should be forbidden in Polish schools?] 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena'

Definition: Nutritional physiology of children aged 13-18 years.

Descriptor UI: D017195

Alternative terms: Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomenon; Nutrition Physiology, Adolescent; Adolescent Nutrition Physiology; Physiology, Adolescent Nutrition; Adolescent Nutritional Physiology; Nutritional Physiology, Adolescent; Physiology, Adolescent Nutritional;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethnology;

Tree Number: G07.610.220.060;

History Note: 2009 (1993)

Technical Notes: check the tag ADOLESCENCE