Intake and food sources of macronutrients among older Hispanic adults: Association with ethnicity, acculturation, and length of residence in the United States

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 665-673

  Bermúdez, Odilia I ^a   Falcón, Luis M ^b   Tucker, Katherine L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POVERTY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; POVERTY; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0034198717     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(00)00195-4     Document Type: Article

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