Fruit and vegetable intake and associated factors in older adults in South Africa

Global Health Action

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b   Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^a,c  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fruits; Inadequate consumption; Older adults; Risk factors; South Africa; Vegetables; WHO SAGE

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84877151398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.18668     Document Type: Article

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