Factors determining the nutrition transition in two Mediterranean islands: Sardinia and Malta

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1286-1292

  Tessier, Sophie ^a   Gerber, Mariette ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN CANCÉROLOGIE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Food habits; Generations; Insular societies; Mediterranean diet; Socio economic changes; Temporal evolution

Indexed keywords

FAT; OLIVE OIL; SUGAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHEESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALTA; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARDINIA; SOCIETY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUGAR INTAKE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COOKERY; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALTA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 31444448813     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005747     Document Type: Article

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