Underreporting of energy intake in four populations of African origin

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 882-887

  Mennen, L I ^a   Jackson, M ^b   Cade, J ^c   Mbanya, J C ^d   Lafay, L ^a   Sharma, S ^c   Walker, S ^b   Chungong, S ^d   Wilks, R ^b   Balkau, B ^a   Forrester, T ^b   Cruickshank, J K ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Unit 258 ^*

Author keywords

Culture; Dietary underreporting; Energy intake; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAMEROON; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033920129     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801246     Document Type: Article

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