Diet and overweight and obesity in populations of African origin: Cameroon, Jamaica and the UK

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-130

  Jackson, M ^a   Walker, S ^b   Cruickshank, J K ^c   Sharma, S ^d   Cade, J ^e   Mbanya, J C ^f   Younger, N ^b   Forrester, T F ^b   Wilks, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

African origin; Diet; Overweight

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAMEROON; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; AFRICA; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947510470     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007246762     Document Type: Article

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