Low energy density and high nutritional quality are each associated with higher diet costs in French adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 690-696

  Maillot, Matthieu ^a   Darmon, Nicole ^a,c   Vieux, Florent ^a   Drewnowski, Adam ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Diet cost; Dietary energy density; Mean adequacy ratio; Nutritional quality

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SAMPLE; SOLID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, REDUCING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548790688     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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