A diet following Finnish nutrition recommendations does not contribute to the current epidemic of obesity

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 786-794

  Kanerva, Noora ^a   Kaartinen, Niina E ^a   Ovaskainen, Marja Leena ^a   Konttinen, Hanna ^b   Kontto, Jukka ^a   Männistö, Satu ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominal adiposity; Body fat percentage; Diet; Keywords Dietary score

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; VEGETABLES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84876154284     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012005356     Document Type: Article

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