The nutrition transition in the Republic of Ireland: Trends in energy and nutrient supply from 1961 to 2007 using Food and Agriculture Organization food balance sheets

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1078-1089

  Sheehy, Tony ^a   Sharma, Sangita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

FAOSTAT; Food balance sheets; Nutrition transition; Republic of Ireland

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRELAND; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREND STUDY; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRELAND; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856396840     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001395     Document Type: Article

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