Trends in the inequality of fruit and vegetable consumption between education levels indicated by the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 942-949

  Hong, S A ^a   Kim, K ^a,b   Kim, M K ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

education level; fruit and vegetables (FV); relative index of inequality (RII)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84864837800     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.39     Document Type: Review

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