Diet and long-term health: An African Diaspora perspective

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-330

  Solomons, Noel W ^a,b,c  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^b CeSSIAM in Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Africa American; Caribbean; Chronic diseases; Diet; Discrimination; Energy metabolism; Long term health

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONOLOGY; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEAD POISONING; LIFE; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTECTION; STROKE; VIOLENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ZEA MAYS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOOD HABITS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 2142745330     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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