Cultural differences in food and shape related attitudes and eating behavior are associated with differences of Body Mass Index in the same food environment: cross-sectional results from the Seafarer Nutrition Study of Kiribati and European seafarers on merchant ships

BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity is quite prevalent among seafarers. The present study examined differences in BMI and their association with weight, shape and nutrition related attitudes and perceptions among seafarer from Kiribati, a Pacific Island Group, and European origin. METHODS: The Seafar...

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Autores principales: Westenhoefer, Joachim, von Katzler, Robert, Jensen, Hans-Joachim, Zyriax, Birgit-Christiane, Jagemann, Bettina, Harth, Volker, Oldenburg, Marcus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5784660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29416869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-018-0180-x

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