Obesity, diet, and poverty: Trends in the Russian transition to market economy

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1295-1302

  Jahns, L ^a   Baturin, A ^b   Popkin, B M ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF NUTRITION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Diet; Fat intake; Nutritional status; Obesity trends; Russia

Indexed keywords

FAT; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RECALL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA;

EID: 0141891108     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601691     Document Type: Article

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