The Diet Quality of Rural Older Adults in the South as Measured by Healthy Eating Index-2005 Varies by Ethnicity

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2063-2067

  Savoca, Margaret R ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Leng, Xiaoyan ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a   Anderson, Andrea ^a   Kohrman, Teresa ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 70449715879     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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