Food patterns and Mediterranean diet in western and eastern Mediterranean islands

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1174-1181

  Romaguera, Dora ^a   Bamia, Christina ^b   Pons, Antoni ^a   Tur, Josep A ^a   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Food patterns; Greek islands; Mediterranean diet; Mediterranean Diet Score

Indexed keywords

MARGARINE; OLIVE OIL; SUGAR; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; BEHAVIOR; BEVERAGE; BUTTER; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUT; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VEGETABLE; WINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 69749125769     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003674     Document Type: Article

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