Nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and dietary restriction behavior of the Taiwanese elderly

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-229

  Lin, Wei ^a,b   Lee, Ya Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dietary restriction; Eating behavior; Elder; Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999 2000); Nutrition attitude; Nutrition knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINESE MEDICINE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIWAN; TELEVISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; TAIWAN; TELEVISION;

EID: 25444435706     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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