Dietary intake of free-living elderly in northern Greece

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 131-146

  Grammatikopoulou, Maria G ^a,b,c   Papadopoulou, Sousana K ^a   Zakas, Athanasios ^b   Mylona, Anna ^a   Kapsalis, Ioannis ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greek; Macronutrient; Mediterranean diet; Micronutrient; Traditional diet

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; VITAMIN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; VITAMINS;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 34548815649     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v26n01_08     Document Type: Article

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