Dietary trends in the Middle East and North Africa: An ecological study (1961 to 2007)

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1835-1844

  Golzarand, Mahdieh ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^b   Jessri, Mahsa ^a   Toolabi, Karamollah ^c   Mojarrad, Mehdi ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Food availability; Food balance sheets; Middle East; North Africa; Nutrition transition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

AFRICA; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84866433560     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011003673     Document Type: Article

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