Nutritional differences between elderly men and women: Primary care evaluation in Hungary

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Rurik, Imre ^a,b  

^a Hungarian Office of Food Safety   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Elderly, nutritional differences; Gender, nutritional habits; Hungary, nutritional habits; Nutritional habits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAD; CACAO; CALORIC INTAKE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; EATING HABIT; EGG; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 30744472945     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089564     Document Type: Article

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