Fruit and vegetable intake among low income elderly in the city of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 806-813

  Viebig, Renata Furlan ^a   Pastor Valero, Maria ^b   Scazufca, Marcia ^a,c   Menezes, Paulo Rossi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c Joao Evangelista Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly feeding behavior; Fruit and vegetable intake; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 76449113729     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102009005000048     Document Type: Article

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