Nutritional content of supermarket ready meals and recipes by television chefs in the United Kingdom: Cross sectional study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7888, 2012, Pages

  Howard, Simon ^a   Adams, Jean ^b   White, Martin ^b  

^a NHS Tees   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CHEF; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MARKET; MEAL; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READY MEAL; TELEVISION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COOKBOOKS AS TOPIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SODIUM, DIETARY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEVISION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84872082973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7607     Document Type: Article

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