Vegetable and fruit intakes of on-reserve first nations schoolchildren compared to Canadian averages and current recommendations

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1379-1397

  Gates, Allison ^a   Hanning, Rhona M ^a   Gates, Michelle ^a   Skinner, Kelly ^a   Martin, Ian D ^a   Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; First Nations; Fruit; Nutrition; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; VEGETABLE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84860228281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9041379     Document Type: Article

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