Dietary diversity and food expenditure as indicators of food security in older Taiwanese

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 180-187

  Lo, Yuan Ting ^a   Chang, Yu Hung ^b   Lee, Meei Shyuan ^a,c   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary Diversity Score (DDS); Food cost; Food security; Poverty; Social security; Taiwanese elderly

Indexed keywords

FAT; OIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; COST; DIET; EATING; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SECURITY; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MONEY; MUSHROOM; NUTRITION; RICE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEAWEED; SHELLFISH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOYBEAN; TAIWAN; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 80155123674     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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