Position of the American Dietetic Association and dietitians of Canada: Nutrition and women's health

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 984-1001

  Affenito, Sandra G ^a   Lambert Lagace, Louise ^b   Kerstetter, Jane E ^c   Demark Wahnefried, Wendy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

^b Louise Lambert Lagace Assoc N C   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANEMIA; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETETICS; DIETITIAN; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; FATALITY; FOOD INTAKE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFERTILITY; LACTATION; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENOPAUSE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETETICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

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EID: 2542574783     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2004.04.010     Document Type: Review

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