A systematic review of the nutritional adequacy of the diet in the Central Andes

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 314-323

  Berti, Peter R ^a   Fallu, Cynthia ^a   Cruz Agudo, Yesmina ^b  

^a HealthBridge   (Canada)

^b CENDA El Centro de Comunicación y Desarrollo Andino   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Andean ecosystem; Bolivia; Colombia; Diet; Ecuador; Macronutrients; Nutrition, public health; Peru

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; PERU;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; ANIMALIA; CHENOPODIUM QUINOA;

FAT INTAKE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

BOLIVIA; CALORIC INTAKE; COLOMBIA; DIET; ECUADOR; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PERU;

BOLIVIA; COLOMBIA; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ECUADOR; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PERU; VITAMINS;

EID: 84921987102     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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