The mediterranean diet and nutritional adequacy: A review

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 231-248

  Castro Quezada, Itandehui ^a   Román Viñas, Blanca ^b,c   Serra Majem, Lluís ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary patterns; Mediterranean diet; Micronutrient intake; Nutrient adequacy; Requirements

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FOOD; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EUROPE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84891646466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6010231     Document Type: Review

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