Nutritional health of adolescent females : zinc, copper and lipid status

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
James Donald Kinard (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
Terry L. Bazzarre

Abstract: This dissertation research investigated the nutritional health of adolescent females in both a cross-sectional study and a longitudinal study. Cross-sectional investigations included dietary, plasma, and erythrocyte zinc and copper. Cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations included total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, body weight, a height weight index, dietary fat, and dietary cholesterol. Dietary intake was assessed by two 24- hour recalls and a food frequency questionnaire. Participants in the study were 92 adolescent females, 14-16 years of age, of which 38% were black.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1985
Subjects
Teenage girls $x Nutrition

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