Preference and intake frequency of high sodium foods and dishes and their correlations with anthropometric measurements among Malaysian subjects

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-245

  Choong, Stella Sinn Yee ^a   Balan, Sumitha Nair ^a   Chua, Leong Siong ^a   Say, Yee How ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

High sodium; Intake frequency; Malaysian foods and dishes; Obesity; Preference

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84864273343     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2012.6.3.238     Document Type: Article

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