Influence of acculturation among Tunisian migrants in France and their past/present exposure to the home country on diet and physical activity

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 832-841

  Méjean, Caroline ^a,b   Traissac, Pierre ^a   Eymard Duvernay, Sabrina ^a   Delpeuch, Francis ^a   Maire, Bernard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Age at migration; Length of residence; Lifestyle; Migrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SODIUM INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; TUNISIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACCULTURATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EXERCISE; FOOD HABITS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUNISIA;

EID: 67650757152     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003285     Document Type: Article

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