Nutrition inequities in Canada

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-179

  Tarasuk, Valerie ^a   Fitzpatrick, Sandra ^a,b   Ward, Heather ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Region of Peel Public Health ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Nutrition; Prevalence of inadequacy; Social gradients; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CHILD; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954692397     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H10-002     Document Type: Article

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