The global diversity of eating patterns: Human nutritional health in comparative perspective

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 134, Issue C, 2014, Pages 5-14

  Leonard, William R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet quality; Energy expenditure; Evolution; Macronutrients; Metabolic diseases; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84895932252     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.02.050     Document Type: Article

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