An empirical study of Taiwans food security index

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1056-1063

  Yeh, Chih Yang ^a   Liao, Pei San ^a   Liu, Chieh Yu ^b   Liu, Jeng Fu ^a   Chang, Hsing Yi ^c  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Energy requirement; FAO; Food security; Taiwan; Undernourishment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956224641     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991686     Document Type: Article

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