Globalization, diet, and health: An example from Tonga

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 856-862

  Evans, Mike ^a   Sinclair, Robert C ^b   Fusimalohi, Caroline ^c   Liava'a, Viliami ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Sinclair and Associates Research Specialists   (Canada)

^c Central Planning Department Tonga   (Tonga)

Author keywords

Commerce; Diet surveys; Diet economics; Eating; Food preferences; Food supply and distribution; Nutritive value; Tonga (source: MeSH); Treaties

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TONGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TONGA;

TONGA;

EID: 0034834271     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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