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International Journal of Community & Family Medicine Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCFM-114, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/114
Research Article
Investigating the Correlation between Food Prices and University Students Awareness of the Effects of Fast Food Consumption on their Health

Nouf Al-Aklabi1, Wejdan Al-Dowsari1 and Despena Andrioti2*

1College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nora University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2Centre of Maritime Health and Society, Institute of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Dr. Despena Andrioti, Centre of Maritime Health and Society, Institute of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark, Tel: +4565509391; E-mail: dandrioti@health.sdu.sk
28 July 2016; 12 August 2016; 14 August 2016
Al-Aklabi N, Al-Dowsari W, Andrioti D (2016) Investigating the Correlation between Food Prices and University Students Awareness of the Effects of Fast Food Consumption on their Health. Int J Community Fam Med 1: 114. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/114
© 2016 Al-Aklabi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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