Cross-sectional study of diet and risk factors for metabolic diseases in a Ghanaian population in Sydney, Australia

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 210-216

  Saleh, Ashraf ^a   Amanatidis, Soumela ^a,b   Samman, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cholesterol; Diabetes; Diet; Ghana; Hypertension; Lifestyle; Metabolic risk factors; Migration; Obesity; Sydney

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036380905     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2002.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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