Health and lifestyle characteristics of older european adults: The ZENITH study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue , 2005, Pages S13-S21

  Simpson, E E A ^a   O'Connor J M ^a   Livingstone, M B E ^a   Rae, G ^a   Stewart Knox, B J ^a   Andriollo Sanchez, M ^b   Toti, E ^b   Meunier, N ^c   Ferry, M ^b   Polito, A ^d   Kelly, M ^a   Wallace, J M W ^a   Coudray, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dietary habits; Healthy lifestyle; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28144463411     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602292     Document Type: Article

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