Nutrient intake in relation to central and overall obesity status among elderly people living in the Mediterranean islands: The MEDIS study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 438-445

  Tyrovolas, S ^a   Psaltopoulou, T ^b   Pounis, G ^a   Papairakleous, N ^a   Bountziouka, V ^a   Zeimbekis, A ^c   Gotsis, E ^a   Antonopoulou, M ^d   Metallinos, G ^a   Polychronopoulos, E ^a   Lionis, C ^d   Panagiotakos, D B ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Mytilini   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Elderly; Epidemiology; Nutrient intake; Obesity

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLE PROTEINS;

EID: 79955962123     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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