Availability of Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean foods during the last four decades: Comparison of several geographical areas

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 9 SPEC. ISSUE 9A, 2009, Pages 1667-1675

  Vareiro, Daniela ^a,b   Bach Faig, Anna ^a,d   Raidó Quintana, Blanca ^a   Bertomeu, Isabel ^a   Buckland, Genevieve ^c   Vaz De Almeida, Maria Daniel ^b   Serra Majem, Lluís ^a,e  

^a Mediterranean Diet Foundation   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^d Johann Sebastian Bach   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary transition; Dietary trends; Food availability; Food balance sheets; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

OLIVE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT OILS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 75549091840     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000999053X     Document Type: Article

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