Food consumption of Sri Lankan adults: An appraisal of serving characteristics

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 653-658

  Jayawardena, Ranil ^a,b   Byrne, Nuala M ^a   Soares, Mario J ^c   Katulanda, Prasad ^b   Hills, Andrew P ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary survey; Food consumption; Food portions; Food servings; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CEREAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SRI LANKA; SUGAR INTAKE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CEREALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SRI LANKA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84874675990     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012003011     Document Type: Article

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