Documenting the need for nutrition and health intervention for middle-aged and older adults in the lower mississippi delta region

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 83-99

  Johnson, Glenda S ^a   McGee, Bernestine B ^a   Gossett, Jeffrey M ^b   Thornton, Alma ^a   Simpson, Pippa M ^b   Johnson, Crystal ^a   Richardson, Valerie ^a   Bogle, Margaret ^c   James Holly, Dawanna ^d   McCabe Sellers, Beverly ^c  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Dietary quality; HEI; Middle aged adults; Nutrition and health intervention; Older adults; Rural

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58149333532     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639360802060108     Document Type: Article

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