Nutritional analysis of a long-term care menu before and after an increase in the raw food cost allowance

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-145

  Wright Thompson, Ashley ^a   Piché, Leonard ^b  

^a Thames Valley Family Health Team   (Canada)

^b BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ECONOMICS; FAT INTAKE; FOOD; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN INTAKE; STANDARD; VEGETABLE;

DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD; FRUIT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MENU PLANNING; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ONTARIO; VEGETABLES;

EID: 80051937269     PISSN: 14863847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3148/72.3.2011.141     Document Type: Article

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