Against the Tide of Change: Diet and Health in the Pacific Islands

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1700-1703

  Hughes, Robert G ^a   Marks, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; FOOD HABITS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 70349242091     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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