Diet culture and obesity in northern Africa

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Mokhtar, Najat ^a   Elati, Jalila ^b   Chabir, Rachida ^a   Bour, Abdelatif ^a   Elkari, Khalid ^a   Schlossman, Nina P ^c   Caballero, Benjamin ^d   Aguenaou, Hassan ^a  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

^c Global Food and Nutrition Inc   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Morocco; Northern Africa; Obesity; Tunisia; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EDUCATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0035092394     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.3.887s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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