Dietary quality and social contact among a nationally representative sample of the older adult population in the United States

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-183

  Sahyoun, N R ^a   Zhang, X L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Dietary quality; Elderly; NHANES III; Older adults; Social contact

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRIEND; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RELIGION; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

EID: 17844367562     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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