Short communication: Is the term Mediterranean diet a misnomer?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2127-2129

  Bere, Elling ^a   Brug, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environment; Health; Mediterranean diet; New Nordic Diet; Regional diets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NOMENCLATURE;

CULTURE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79451474678     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000480     Document Type: Article

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