The nutrition transition in Spain: A European Mediterranean country

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 992-1003

  Moreno, L A ^a   Sarria A ^a   Popkin, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrition transition; Obesity; Physical activity; Spain; The Spanish paradox

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; FRUIT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ITALY; LIPID DIET; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; SPAIN;

EID: 0036772299     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601414     Document Type: Article

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