Nutritional status of Japanese-Brazilian subjects: Comparison across gender and generation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 705-712

  Freire, Renata D ^b   Cardoso, Marly A ^a   Shinzato, Alexandre R ^b   Ferreira, Sandra R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Dietary patterns; Japanese Brazilians; Nutrition survey

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SITTING; SPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK; SEX;

EID: 0038397538     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2002824     Document Type: Article

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