Nutrition-related health patterns in the Middle East

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-343

  Galal, Osman ^a,b  

^a Intl Union of Nutritional Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b Dept of Community Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Food security; Health; Middle East; Nutrition transition

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBANIZATION; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH FOOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; REVIEW;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ECONOMICS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 2142857181     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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