Acculturation and education level in relation to quality of the diet: A study of Surinamese South Asian and Afro-Caribbean residents of the Netherlands

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-393

  Nicolaou, Mary ^a,b   Van Dam, R M ^b,c   Stronks, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Afro Caribbean; Diet quality indicator; Education level; Migrants; South Asian

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; MEAT; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH ASIA; SURINAME; VEGETABLE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURINAME;

EID: 33748521526     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2006.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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