Sociodemographic determinants of diet quality of the EU elderly: A comparative analysis in four countries

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1177-1189

  Irz, Xavier ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^b   Kuosmanen, Nataliya ^a   Mazzocchi, Mario ^c   Modugno, Lucia ^c   Nocella, Giuseppe ^d   Shakersain, Behnaz ^b   Traill, W Bruce ^d   Xu, Weili ^b   Zanello, Giacomo ^d  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Diet quality; Elderly; Healthy eating; Nutritional health; Socio economic; Sociodemographic

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84897582256     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001146     Document Type: Article

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