Dietary intakes of essential nutrients among Arab and Berber ethnic groups on rural Tunisian island

Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Baroudi, Thouraya ^a   Maiz, Hedi Ben ^b   Abid, Hafaoua Kammoun ^b   Benammar Elgaaied, Amel ^a   Alouane, Leila Trabelsi ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Arabs; Berbers; Dietary intake; Ethnicity; Jerba Island

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; ZINC;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MILK; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TUNISIA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; ARABS; BODY HEIGHT; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TUNISIA; VITAMIN E;

EID: 71649095682     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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