Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 61-67 , January 2010

Physical activity mediates the protective effect of the Mediterranean diet on children's obesity status: The CYKIDS study

Received 3 July 2008 ,Accepted 18 May 2009.

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 The study was partly supported by Charalambides Dairies and the Cyprus Dietetic Association.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00237-8

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.05.014

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 61-67 , January 2010

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