Nutritional profile of ready-to-eat foods consumed in Bahrain

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-60

  Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^a   Al Jedah, Jassim H ^b   D'Souza, Reshma ^a  

^a Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research   (Bahrain)

^b National Health Authority   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Fatty acid profile; Mineral composition; Proximate composition; Ready to eat foods; Sterol composition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENERGY USE; FATTY ACID; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; STEROL; VEGETABLE;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; BAHRAIN; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 33845979508     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240601093367     Document Type: Article

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