The food pyramid and disease prevention

Integrative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 14-19

  Neustadt, John ^a  

^a American Association of Naturopathic Physicians' Scientific Affairs Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; TRACE ELEMENT;

CALORIC INTAKE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MACRONUTRIENT; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 33744961858     PISSN: 1546993X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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