The Relationships between Food Group Consumption, Self-Rated Health, and Life Satisfaction of Community-Dwelling Canadian Older Men: The Manitoba Follow-Up Study

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-173

  Lengyel, Christina O ^a   Tate, Robert B ^a   Obirek Blatz, Amy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Food group consumption; Life satisfaction; Older men; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 70449561275     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639360902950182     Document Type: Article

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