The role of energy cost in food choices for an Aboriginal population in northern Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 549-551

  Brimblecombe, Julie K ^a   O'Dea, Kerin ^b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ADULT; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149087468     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02560.x     Document Type: Article

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