"Don't make the soups anymore": Pre- to post-migration dietary and lifestyle changes among Latinos living in West-Central Florida

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 427-444

  Himmelgreen, David ^a   Daza, Nancy Romero ^a   Cooper, Elizabeth ^a   Martinez, Dinorah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Dietary change; Latinos; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LATINO PEOPLE; LIFESTYLE; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648846465     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240701486719     Document Type: Article

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