The nutrition transition in Cuba in the nineties: An overview

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1 A, 2002, Pages 129-133

  Rodríguez Ojea, Arturo ^a   Jiménez, Santa ^a   Berdasco, Antonio ^b   Esquivel, Mercedes ^b  

^a Instituto de Nutricion e Higiene de los Alimentos   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Body composition; Diet; Dietary energy; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; CUBA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY;

EID: 0036463507     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2001284     Document Type: Review

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