Regional food diversity and human health

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 304-308

  Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Intl Union of Nutritional Sciences ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity; Community; Food diversity; Health; Literacy; Nutrition; Regions; Water; Women

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PROTEIN;

ABDOMEN; AFRICA; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODIVERSITY; BONE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EATING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EGG; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FISH; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; GRAIN; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAT; MORTALITY; NUT; NUTRIENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WELLBEING; CATERING SERVICE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW;

FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 2142741821     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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