Assessment of typical food portion sizes consumed among Australian adults

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Rangan, Anna M ^a   Schindeler, Suzanne ^b   Hector, Debra J ^a   Gill, Tim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Australia; Food intake; Nutrition survey; Portion size; Serving size

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449156021     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2009.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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