The development of the Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern Score and its application to the American diet in the Framingham Offspring Cohort

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1150-1156

  Rumawas, Marcella E ^a,b   Dwyer, Johanna T ^a,b,c,d   Mckeown, Nicola M ^a,b   Meigs, James B ^e,f   Rogers, Gail ^a   Jacques, Paul F ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SUGAR; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MEDITERRANEAN STYLE DIETARY PATTERN SCORE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 66749185824     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.103424     Document Type: Article

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