Contemporary African food habits and their nutritional and health implications

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-336

  Oniang'o, Ruth K ^a,b   Mutuku, Joseph M ^c   Malaba, Serah J ^a  

^a Rural Outreach Program   (Kenya)

^b African Jnl Food Agric Nutr D   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Culture; Dietary energy supply; Dietary practices; Familiar food; Food habits; Meal frequency; Staples; Traditional diets

Indexed keywords

FAT; OIL;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HEALTH; HOME; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; POPULATION; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; URBANIZATION; VEGETABLE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; STANDARD;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COOKERY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 2142691166     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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