Vegetable variety is a key to improved diet quality in low-income women in California

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 430-435

  Keim, Nancy L ^a,b   Forester, Shavawn M ^b,c   Lyly, Marika ^d   Aaron, Grant J ^b,e   Townsend, Marilyn S ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Tahoe Forest Hospital   (United States)

^d Vaasan Oy   (Finland)

^e GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diet cost; Dietary guidelines; Energy density; Healthy Eating Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COST; DIET; DIET COST; DIETARY GUIDELINES; ECONOMICS; ENERGY DENSITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY EATING INDEX; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

DIET COST; DIETARY GUIDELINES; ENERGY DENSITY; HEALTHY EATING INDEX;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84894082739     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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