Dietary acculturation and increasing rates of obesity in Ethiopian women living in Israel

Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

  Regev Tobias, Hadas ^a   Reifen, Ram ^a   Endevelt, Ronit ^b   Havkin, Ofra ^c   Cohen, Erica ^c   Stern, Gila ^c   Stark, Aliza ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b The Nutrition and Dietetic Unit for Maccabee Health Care   (Israel)

^c The Central District of the Israeli Ministry of Health   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dietary acculturation; Dietary deficiencies.; Ethiopian immigrants; Food consumption surveys; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EDUCATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN; ETHNICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; ISRAEL; LEGUME; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGAR INTAKE; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83355173979     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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