Dietary adequacy of Inuit in the Canadian Arctic

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 27-34

  Hopping, B N ^a   Mead, E ^a   Erber, E ^a   Sheehy, C ^b   Roache, C ^c   Sharma, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

24 h recalls; Dietary adequacy; Inuit; Nutrients; Traditional foods

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EATING; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUNAVUT; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956492787     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2010.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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