Diet, nutritional knowledge and health status of urban middle-aged Malaysian women

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 388-399

  Pon, L W ^a   Noor Aini, M Y ^b   Ong, F B ^b,c   Adeeb, N ^c   Seri, S S ^c   Shamsuddin, K ^c   Mohamed, A L ^d   Hapizah, N ^c   Mokhtar, A ^e   Wan, H W H ^f  

^a Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^d INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^e HOSPITAL TENGKU AMPUAN AFZAN   (Malaysia)

^f Hospital Serdang   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Food frequency; Health; Knowledge; Malaysia; Middle aged; Perimenopause; Urban; Women

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALAYSIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 33748878596     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: 09647058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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