A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Acculturation and Diet among Latinos in the United States: Implications for Future Research

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1330-1344

  Ayala, Guadalupe X ^a   Baquero, Barbara ^a   Klinger, Sylvia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

VIGNA MUNGO; VIGNA UMBELLATA;

EID: 47549099573     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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