Deterioration of traditional dietary custom increases the risk of lifestyle-related diseases in young male Africans

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Hamada, Atsumi ^a   Mori, Mari ^a   Mori, Hideki ^a   Muhihi, Alfa ^b   Njelekela, Marina ^b   Masesa, Zablon ^c   Mtabaji, Jacob ^c   Yamori, Yukio ^a  

^a MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAURINE;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; TANZANIA; URINALYSIS; VEGETABLE; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEGRO; STATISTICS; URINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TANZANIA; TAURINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956043458     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-17-S1-S34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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