Social relationships and healthful dietary behaviour: Evidence from over-50s in the EPIC cohort, UK

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-175

  Conklin, Annalijn I ^a,b   Forouhi, Nita G ^a   Surtees, Paul ^b   Khaw, Kay Tee ^b   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a,b   Monsivais, Pablo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Diet variety; Gender; Health behaviour; Interactions; Social relationships; Social ties; UK

Indexed keywords

DIET; DISEASE; GENDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY LIFE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FRIEND; FRUIT; HEALTH AND LIFE EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; WIDOW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET VARIETY; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOUR; INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SOCIAL TIES; UK;

AGED; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84892558613     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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