The association between acculturation and dietary patterns of South Asian immigrants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lesser, Iris A ^a   Gasevic, Danijela ^a   Lear, Scott A ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARENESS; CANADA; COOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH ASIA; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84895883977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088495     Document Type: Article

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