Improved Dietary Variety and Adequacy but Lower Dietary Moderation with Acculturation in Chinese Women in the United States

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-462

  Liu, Amy ^a   Berhane, Zekarias ^a   Tseng, Marilyn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CALORIC INTAKE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHILADELPHIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76849112193     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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