How diverse is the diet of adult South Africans?

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Labadarios, Demetre ^a   Steyn, Nelia Patricia ^a   Nel, Johanna ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

24 Hour Recall; Adults; Africa; Dietary diversity; Food groups; Food Security

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIETARY DIVERSITY; DIETARY DIVERSITY SCORE; EGG; FISH; FOOD SECURITY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGUME; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PLANT ROOT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; CEREALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT ROOTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955119474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-33     Document Type: Article

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