Jews and Arabs in the same region in Israel exhibit major differences in dietary patterns

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2175-2181

  Abu Saad, Kathleen ^a   Murad, Havi ^a   Lubin, Flora ^a   Freedman, Laurence S ^a   Ziv, Arnona ^a   Alpert, Gershon ^b   Atamna, Ahmed ^b   Kalter Leibovici, Ofra ^a,c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; JEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872140550     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.166611     Document Type: Article

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