Traditional non-Western diets

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 585-593

  Lipski, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Hawthorn University   (United States)

Author keywords

American Native Continental Ancestry Group; chronic disease; diet; food; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

COOKING; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; NUTRITION; REVIEW;

COOKING; CULTURE; DIET; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 78650442727     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533610385821     Document Type: Review

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