Street foods and fast foods: How much do South Africans of different ethnic groups consume?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 462-466

  Steyn, Nelia P ^a   Labadarios, Demetre ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black Africans; Dietary intake; Fast foods; South Africa; Street foods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAST FOOD; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIAN; NEGRO; NUTRITION EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STREET FOOD; URBAN AREA; AGE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAST FOODS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860251240     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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