Trends in food availability determined by the Food and Agriculture Organization's food balance sheets in Mediterranean Europe in comparison with other European areas

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-176

  Balanza, Rafael ^a   García Lorda, Pilar ^a   Pérez Rodrigo, Carmen ^b   Aranceta, Javier ^b   Bonet, Mònica Bulló ^a   Salas Salvadó, Jordi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food availability; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CATERING SERVICE; CEREAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE; WINE;

OLIVE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

CEREALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT OILS; VEGETABLES; WINE;

EID: 33947491185     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007246592     Document Type: Article

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