Fruit and vegetable intake: Issues with definition and measurement

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-7

  Roark, Randall A ^a   Niederhauser, Victoria P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Fruit and vegetables; Nutrition research

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HEALTH; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RACE; REVIEW; STANDARD; VEGETABLE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879497229     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012000985     Document Type: Review

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