Influence of the number of meals taken per day on cardiovascular risk factors and the energy and nutrient intakes of a group of elderly people

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 176-182

  Redondo, María Rosario ^a   Ortega, Rosa María ^a   Zamora, María José ^a   Quintas, María Elena ^a   López Sobaler, Ana María ^a   Andrés, Pedro ^a   Gaspar, María Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; MINERAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TRIGLYCERIDES; VITAMINS;

EID: 0031005414     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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