Dietary patterns, food and macronutrient intakes among adults in three ethnic groups in rural Kenya

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1671-1679

  Hansen, Andreas W ^a,b   Christensen, Dirk L ^b,c   Larsson, Melanie W ^b,d   Eis, Jeannette ^b   Christensen, Tue ^e   Friis, Henrik ^b   Mwaniki, David L ^f   Kilonzo, Beatrice ^f   Boit, Michael K ^g   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^c   Tetens, Inge ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^d SUHR'S University College of Nutrition and Health   (Denmark)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Nutrition; Population study; Rural populations; Traditional food

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555170560     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003782     Document Type: Article

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