Nutrition transition and dietary energy availability in Eastern Europe after the collapse of communism

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-369

  Ulijaszek, Stanley J ^a   Koziel, Slawomir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Food security; Obesity; Soviet Union; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CAR; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INCOME; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN DIET; TELEVISION; USSR;

COMMUNISM; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; USSR;

EID: 36348967097     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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