Nutritional Situation of a Chinese Community

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 348-352

  Suriah, A R ^a   Chong, T J ^a   Yeoh, B Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; Elderly; Food intake; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032147591     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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